Mission Messenger – May/June 1994 - May/June 1994
- Name:Mission Messenger – May/June 1994
- Date:May/June 1994
- Institution: Mission Medium Security Institution
- Topics: Aboriginal Prisoners, Community In-Reach, Convict Code, Crime and Criminality, Crime Causation-Correlation, Crime Victims, Entertainment, Environmental Issues, Human Rights, Prisoner Struggles, Religion and Spirituality, Sentencing, Views on Incarceration,
- Release Description:
Two articles here, each embodying aspects of justice, crime and criminality. The first article discusses Rene Girard’s theory of scapegoating. In the second article, printed from Simon Fraser’s Alumni Journal, Dr. Ezzat Fattah details the cycle of violence and victimization as an antecedent to violent behavior. The essay questions why criminals are seen as abnormal and why crime as a result of victimization has been overlooked.
KEYWORDS: street kids, desensitization, “get tough approach”, corporal punishment, Frank Settee:Resident Elder/Liaison
Coded by: Kelly E Marshall