The Colonial Problem
An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2016
- Category
- Criminology, Penology, Native American Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442608054
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $119.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442606623
- Publish Date
- Mar 2016
- List Price
- $61.00
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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.