Arguably, the issue of social exclusion has become the central concern among the members of European Union. In most cases, it is a multidimensional progressive act of social rapture, elimination individuals, and groups from social institutions and relations as well as preventing the affected parties from participating in societal activities. Concerning social relationship and criminal behaviors, social exclusion in society refers to the act of eliminating individuals from societal interpersonal interaction.
In Canadian justice system, social exclusion is mainly manifested through various structural inequalities in access to economic, cultural, political, as well as social resources. Perhaps, structural inequalities in Canada persist based on immigrant status, sexual orientation, disability, gender, race, and income (Westhues, 2006). The inequality increases health threats and generates health disparities among the groups affected. In Canada, there are various aspects of social exclusion, it includes, exclusion from social goods, civil society, social production, and economy.
There are many people in Canada who suffer because of social exclusion include recent immigrants, aboriginal people, and race groups. The existence of social exclusion in Canada has led to variation in lives of those who fall victims. Some of the impacts include, wide gap in incomes earnings, unemployment rates, job discrimination, increased level of poverty, variation in accessing housing systems, as well as high health risks. Canadian court systems too have been under numerous critics for discriminating individuals based on racial affiliations. Statistics show that, there is a tremendous increase in the rate of incarceration among black males compared to that of white males. In the transport industry, there is social exclusion on disability and the poor, but transport officials work towards helping the vulnerable groups in terms of mobility (Westhues, 2006).
Conclusively, social exclusion, and deprivation is rising in most urban centers in Canada. It is attributed to social and economic changes especially in the free-market economies, weakness in policies, as well as weakness in the justice systems. The vulnerable groups excluded, resolve to other means of achieving what they want (Westhues, 2006). Hence, most of the crimes in the Canadian law courts are because of social exclusion. Many groups in Canada advocate for social exclusion in policy formation, but there are many policies put in [place to eliminate various forms of social exclusion.
References
Westhues, A. (2006). Canadian Social Policy: Issues and Perspectives. Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier
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