Regions: North Slave Region, South Slave Region
Tags: social sciences, women, justice, offenders
| Principal Investigator: | Zellerer, Evelyn (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12214 |
| Organization: | Simon Fraser University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Karlene Faith, Dr. Curt Griffiths |
Objective(s): To compile an historical and contemporary overview of female offenders and the criminal justice system in the NWT; to focus on women's imprisonment in order to establish a quantitative and qualitative picture;
Project Description: The researcher and her team will hold discussions with authorities in Yellowknife which will help guide the research. Data will be collected from government documents, archival material, court records, and interviews. Pre-sentence reports will be examined and women who are being held at the Fort Smith Correctional Centre for Women will be interviewed. Correctional authorities and service providers will be interviewed.
