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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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?
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Sure, that's a great start. But few people are prepared to make the serious and expensive investment in that type of solution
And it still wouldn't address the other causes of crime and poverty which are specific to first Nations people: the Residential Schools legacy, multi-generational poverty and abuse, and of course good old fashioned discrimination (especially in employment, but also in service providing).