Canadian Criminal Justice: Inclusivity Practices for Offenders

This reflection paper delves into the crucial topic of inclusivity practices for offenders, particularly those with mental health challenges within the Canadian criminal justice system. The author, drawing upon personal and professional experiences, explores the overrepresentation of mentally ill individuals in the system and the vulnerabilities they face. The paper examines the benefits of community-based practices and diversion programs, advocating for equal access and opportunities for offenders. It highlights the importance of understanding emotions, addressing triggers, and fostering positive interactions to reduce recidivism and promote social inclusion. The report also provides suggestions for promoting diversity and managing coordination to improve the inclusivity of the criminal justice system. The paper emphasizes the need for effective treatment and support systems, recognizing the challenges faced by offenders and the potential for positive change through inclusive community practices.

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Identified offender group.......................................................................................................................2
Characteristic and vulnerability of diversion.....................................................................................3
Inclusive community practices..........................................................................................................4
An inclusive community:...................................................................................................................4
Why I choose this group for inclusive practices................................................................................4
Benefits to the community.................................................................................................................5
Why these offenders have no equal access........................................................................................5
Section 2................................................................................................................................................5
Personal reflection and feeling..............................................................................................................5
How emotion will lead challenges.....................................................................................................6
Triggers.............................................................................................................................................6
Past experiences and impact over the feeling.....................................................................................6
Section 3................................................................................................................................................7
Feelings or experience impact of the workers....................................................................................7
Everyday interaction and its Importance............................................................................................7
Challenges possible to occur as bias in the serving to the community...............................................8
How definition is useful for this negative impact..............................................................................8
Section 4................................................................................................................................................8
Two suggestions....................................................................................................................................8
Important of two suggestions.................................................................................................................9
References...........................................................................................................................................10

Inclusivity practices for offenders
Introduction
This is a reflection paper represents the findings, reactions, attitudes, and feelings towards an
identified group that needs the special discussion for inclusive community practices. I
planned to identify the chances and opportunities to explore and represent the mental health
diversion offender in the criminal justice system and their livings in with the challenges. In
this reflection paper, I will use my personal and professional experience to work with other
professional and members working to manage the stability and understating to the importance
on inclusivity for the offender community. This area will be based on the Canadian Criminal
justice system and many researches are used to examine the issues common to face by these
offenders and available opportunities to sole the issue.
Identified offender group
[Definition: An individual with mental illness charged with, or convicted of, a criminal
offence. And, in particular, those who have obtained verdicts of “unfit to stand trial” (Unfit)
or “not criminally responsible” (NCR) on account of mental disorder.]
Mentally ill persons are disproportionately represented at all stages of the criminal justice
system, from arrest to conviction to incarceration. It has been estimated that 20 percept of
state Prisoners and 21 per cent of jail prisoners have a recent history of mental infection. As
many as 70 per cent of youth in the juvenile justice system has at least one mental health
condition and 20 per cent suffers from severe mental illness (Martin, Dorken, Wamboldt, &
Wootten, 2012)
People with mental health issues are normally over-represented, in the criminal justice system
of Canada. In addition, my research is based to identify the reason liable behind their
over0representaion and issues behind the challenging situation they face during the periods of

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their imprisonment. I used the articles presenting the importance of the discussion about the
criminal offender facing the mental health challenges and they are getting the treatment from
the administration of the Criminal justice System to improve the living of these communities
and planning to involve these communities in the inclusivity of the community and
communal practices. According to Michalski, criminal offenders facing the mental health
issues are not easily recognised and they require effective community based service from the
administration manage their effective living and representation with help of literature review
and analysis (Michalski, 2017). According to Sirotich, diversion programs are important and
initiatives to improve the traditional firm of CJS pathways to a criminal or offender facing the
mental health issues and not able to accept the guilty for the crime. This article represents
findings with the support of literature analysis that make the diversion important and support
as initiative to reduce the recidivism in the Criminal justice system (Sirotich, 2010).
Characteristic and vulnerability of diversion
That persons with mental disease are over-represented in the CJS is a reality outside
discussion. The part of individuals in central correctional institutes with self-reported mental
health issues continuously raising and this significantly affect the diversion of the mental
health challenging to the original criminal offenders. Criminal behaviour outcomes from the
psychological condition and unmet amenity need.
Diversion is based on the foundation that the criminal behaviour can be chiefly accredited to
untreated or unsuccessfully cured, mental sickness and the insufficiency or remoteness of
existing mental health services. Therefore, admission to and arrangement in community-
based treatment services that is the Inclusive community practices can be expected to
decrease succeeding criminal behaviour (Vogel, Stephens, & Siebels, 2014).

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Mentally challenges offenders are basically found if the juvenile age, teenagers or
sometimes a young female, they represent their crime as the need to satisfy their mental
desire or was essential to perform in case if helplessness or needed at the time. They majorly
supposed to be treated as the offender but the inclusive in the community practice with help
of the diversion for them can be helpful to reduce the criminal behaviour among these.
Inclusive community practices
Community based practiced is supposed to be the most suitable practise to treat the issues of
overrepresentation of mentally ill offender in the CJS. A community needs help, access to
resources necessary to live or seeking the equal opportunities for the justice are included in
the offender community (Baldry, 2014). Use if the community based services can help them
morally to reduce their threat of being ill-treated by the others and motivating them to live
peace. For example a new student entering in the classroom face negativity, nervousness for
the first time if he or she doesn’t get the effective welcome by the teachers and an
introduction with the class that is his society he will always face challenges (Elsayed, Al-
Zahrani, & Rashad, 2010). A n inclusive community based practice is possible to understand
as
An inclusive community:
 ‘Organizes everything that it cans to admiration all its citizens, gives them full
admission to properties, and indorses equal management and occasion
 Workings to remove all forms of discernment
 Involves all its citizens in decision-making procedures that move their lives
 Beliefs diversity
 Answers rapidly to prejudiced and other judicious events

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Why I choose this group for inclusive practices
I have special attraction to study in depth about the criminals in the Canadian criminal justice
system of the age of teenage or juveniles engaged in the criminal activities. I always admire
to serve the innocent who is not guilty in the real but some health or situational accidents
proven him to be guilty (Mpofu & Sefotho, 2019). To reduce the overrepresentation of such
community and to secure the upcoming future of these youngsters I select this community
and inclusive based practice because it allows reading the mind of the people and
understanding what one is facing. That provide the essential guidelines to reduce their issues
and provide inclusivity in the community .
Benefits to the community
Many benefits are associated with this community based practice as
 It reduce the acts of prohibiting and prejudice grounded on group individuality and
other aspects, that is harmful to occur for the society as well.
 It allows the affected people to suggest best solutions to reduce the chances of its
happening again (Baldry, 2014).
 Multiplicity improves our lives, so it is worth our whereas to worth our society's
diversity.
Why these offenders have no equal access
These offenders are basically supposed to be criminal and mind-set of people for these is
based to avoid interaction with them and they are supposed to be an extra or unwanted part of
the society hence they face discrimination to get equal access.

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Section 2
Personal reflection and feeling
As my target is to serve the community and to try to provide equal opportunity to all to
represent their side that prove them to be right in the society. To fulfil this aim I focused to
secure the lives and future of the people facing the mental health diversion in the CJS and to
save their right of being innocent in case if they rejects to be guilty for any offence. Reason
behind serving this community is my personal satisfaction of going good for someone who
needs and this community face many challenges since they are calmed fairs anything wrong
(Banting & Myles, 2016).
How emotion will lead challenges
My emotions are me best strength as I use them to lead sighing opposite, I think I have
potential to do something and I have communication powers to lead the people from
negativity to represent their side. Hence I think my emotional tricks are nit challenging infect
these are helpful to manage and plan for the development.
Triggers
Yes it does. Any meeting with the mentally divorced criminal affect my learning and
understand about the inclusivity practices, as they are supposed to get the treatment in place
of the punishment. This thing and factor affects the entire CJS and diversion (JustFacts,
2017).
Past experiences and impact over the feeling
I dint have any experience to include in such kind of practices professionally but one of my
friends family members faced this and I felt the same pain that my friend did. Human is a
social animal and he gave importance to the representation in society as perfect any kind of

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issues with this social presentation affect the personal thinking and development as well,
hence my personal experience will have challenging impact over the planning and strategies
to perform the inclusivity of the mental health offenders (Martin, Dorken, Wamboldt, &
Wootten, 2012).
Section 3
Feelings or experience impact of the workers
I share an emotional bond filled with sympathy and inner desire to free the person who is not
guilty is very helpful to deal the possible challenges in community inclusivity practices. as
many challenges from the Criminal justice system and other aspects are possible to arise. My
feelings and personal experiences will help me to guide in right path to practice the
community management.
How you working feelings will design
Effective planning with proper identification of positive and negative sides of the inclusivity
o0ractice will help me to lead the working, following procedure are possible to be follow at
the time of working and applying this to provide inclusivity.
 Identification of the challenges of offenders
 Detailed case analysis
 Review of literatures
 Medical guidelines to communicate changes
 Planning
 Coordination of members
 Exclusion

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Everyday interaction and its Importance
Everyday interaction with the community member’s or offender in this case helps to build the
image of trust with motivational communication. Daily interaction make the challenges easily
identifiable and suggest strategies to deal these (Vogel, Stephens, & Siebels, 2014).
Challenges possible to occur as bias in the serving to the community
Joining the community for inclusivity is possible to face resistance form the society, criminal
system and sometimes from offenders as well. This resistance is related to their threat and
thinking to remain in the same situation as they though change is not profitable.
How definition is useful for this negative impact
Definition of the inclusivity as discussed in the first section provide the effective solution ot
the community challenges and allows equal access to all without any discrimination and these
people have many issues with their life hence they need space and representation as a part of
the society and community (Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas, 2014).
Section 4
Information techniques skills or training required to prepare working
This require the effective understanding of the emotions, diversity, inclusivity and
community for the entire state. Every person of the community is essential to hold equal
position and place making the sections positive with the communication, motivation and
changes can be profitable for the inclusivity (Sirotich, 2010).
Two suggestions
Promote diversity
Awaking the people about the importance of diversity in the community will provide the
positive outcomes to the process.

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Manage coordination
Managing the effective coordination between the available resources, and members to
manage the community inclusivity operations profitable for everyone can lead he effective
implementation of the planned strategies.
Important of two suggestions
Criminal offenders facing the mental health issues with the diversion are very challenging for
the CJS as they are not capable to be punished by the punishment for the offence in place of
punishment they require the effective treatment. This treatment is possible by using the
means of inclusivity and effective involvement of these in the community. Changing their
mind and mental health with the help of community based practice can be profitable with
application of the above suggested steps of using the communication and coordination to
deliver the effective services.

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