Gladue factor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A factor relating to the impact of colonialism and other forms of racist disadvantage upon an Indigenous offender, taken into consideration when passing sentence.

Word forms

Gladue factor Gladue factors

Etymology

From R v Gladue (1999), a Supreme Court of Canada case concerning the sentencing of Indigenous offenders.

Related words

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