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gladue report

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
gladue re-port
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A report prepared prior to the sentencing of an Indigenous person convicted of a crime, which provides background as to how the person and their community have been affected by colonialism and the relationship between this and the person's offending.

Canadian usage

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gladue reports (plural)

Phrases

Gladue factor

Frequently Paired Words

Gladue factor

Questions

What does gladue report mean?
A report prepared prior to the sentencing of an Indigenous person convicted of a crime, which provides background as to how the person and their community have been affected by colonialism and the relationship between this and the person's offending.
Where does gladue report come from?
From R v Gladue (1999), a Supreme Court of Canada case concerning the sentencing of Indigenous offenders.

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