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Social Science Criminology

The Colonial Problem

An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada

by (author) Lisa Monchalin

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2016
Category
Criminology, Penology, Native American Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442608054
    Publish Date
    Mar 2016
    List Price
    $119.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442606623
    Publish Date
    Mar 2016
    List Price
    $61.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442606647
    Publish Date
    Mar 2016
    List Price
    $41.95

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Description

Indigenous peoples are vastly overrepresented in the Canadian criminal justice system. The Canadian government has framed this disproportionate victimization and criminalization as being an "Indian problem."

In The Colonial Problem, Lisa Monchalin challenges the myth of the "Indian problem" and encourages readers to view the crimes and injustices affecting Indigenous peoples from a more culturally aware position. She analyzes the consequences of assimilation policies, dishonoured treaty agreements, manipulative legislation, and systematic racism, arguing that the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is not an Indian problem but a colonial one.

About the author

Lisa Monchalin is Algonquin, Métis, Huron, and Scottish and teaches in the Department of Criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. She is the first Indigenous woman in Canada to hold a PhD in Criminology. Follow her on Twitter @lmonchalin.

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