ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by presenting information surrounding well-being, victimisation and crime among Indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan, Canada. It details the multiplicity of risk factors particularly relevant to Indigenous peoples that assist in explaining the high rates of crime and victimisation, discusses the problematic relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian criminal justice system as seen in the Eurocentric response to crime and victimisation in Indigenous communities, and explores a crime prevention program developed in collaboration with two First Nations in Saskatchewan. This chapter presents an argument for the pressing need for Indigenous-centric crime prevention programs as one piece of the puzzle to remedy the challenges of victimisation and crime in Indigenous communities. It is accompanied by a perspective which focuses on the need for structural change if crime in First Nations communities in Saskatchewan is to be reduced.
