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Originally Posted by Makarov
However, the Gladue decision was in response to to the fact that the proportion of indigenous youth and adults in Canadian prisons is over nine times higher than their representation in the Canadian population. That is also an absurd result.
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The rational approach is to look at why indigenous youths are over nine times more likely to commit crimes than their representation in the Canadian population. Given what we know about crime, it's likely due to being raised in single-parent households, surrounded by substance abuse, with no examples of deferred gratification leading to a better life.
But if being raised in single-parent homes, surrounded by substance abuse, and with no clear incentive to defer gratification and get an education are bad things for Native youth, they're also bad for non-Natives.
So why try to fix things at the age of 23 or 30, when it's too late? And why not deal with the problem by addressing single-parent households, family environments with substance abuse, and incentives to defer gratification for
all youth?