This article aims to untangle the complex relationship between government, economics, related policy and politics and the criminalization of Indigenous people in Canada.
In it, author David Webb, PhD, unpacks the over-representation of Indigenous people in the Canadian criminal justice system and the systemic change necessary to address root causes of criminalization, including concepts like neoliberalism, anti-Indigenous racism, and the market society.
Webb also looks at positive upstream interventions such as the Prince George Crime Prevention and Diversion Program, a pre-arrest diversion program designed for Indigenous people experiencing homelessness in the Prince George community.
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