Note
Issued also in French under title: Évaluation de la Stratégie en matière de justice applicable aux Autochtones : rapport final.
Cover title.
"November 2011"--Cover.
"Evaluation Division, Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management"--Cover.
Summary
"The Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS) is intended to provide timely and effective alternatives to
the mainstream justice system in appropriate circumstances, in order to increase the involvement
of Aboriginal communities in the local administration of justice and to decrease rates of crime,
victimization and incarceration of Aboriginal persons in communities with AJS-funded
programs. The AJS pursues four core objectives:
to contribute to decreasing the rates of crime and victimization in Aboriginal communities
operating AJS programs;
to assist Aboriginal communities to take greater responsibility for justice administration;
to provide better and more timely information about community justice programs funded by
the AJS; and to reflect and include relevant Aboriginal cultural values in Canadian justice administration.
The evaluation of the AJS was conducted between 2010 and 2011. In accordance with the
Treasury Board Policy on Evaluation, the evaluation addresses the core issues of the relevance
and performance of the AJS."--Page i.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Context of the evaluation -- 1.2. Objectives of the evaluation -- 1.3. Structure of the report -- 2. Description of the Aboriginal Justice Strategy -- 2.1. Program rationale -- 2.2. Program logic -- 2.3. Organizational structure -- 2.4. Resources -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1. Document review -- 3.2. Case studies -- 3.3. Key informant interviews -- 3.4. Review of administrative files and program data -- 3.5. Recidivism study -- 3.6. Cost analysis -- 3.7. Survey of police and Crown representatives -- 4. Key findings -- 4.1. Relevance -- 4.2. Effectiveness -- 4.3. Efficiency and economy -- 5. Conclusions -- 5.1. Relevance -- 5.2. Effectiveness -- 5.3. Efficiency and economy -- 6. Recommendations and management response -- Appendix A.
Evaluation of the impact of the Aboriginal Justice Strategy on rates
of re-offending -- Appendix B.
Interview guide -- Appendix C.
Case studies group session methodology -- Appendix D.
Web-based survey of police and Crown -- Appendix E. References.