In our experience, each person who comes before the court is different. In the case of indigenous women, for example, there are the Gladue reports that are often ordered. However, Gladue reports, which are the pre-sentencing reports that look at the social history of indigenous people, are sporadically available across the country. In the Prairies, where most indigenous women come before the courts, they don't have access to those, and that's a real problem for us.
Certainly their experience of being victims in their lives should be brought forward, and that is a good tool to utilize, but it's not available.
No is my short answer, though I did give you a bit of a longer answer there.