Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Authors

• Monchalin, Lisa A., author.
• Waller, Irvin, 1944-, degree supervisor.
• University of Ottawa, degree granting institution.

Publishers

• Ottawa : University of Ottawa, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (371 pages)

Note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Summary

This study examined the knowledge relevant to reducing crime affecting urban Aboriginal people through a risk-focused approach to prevention and a growing body of knowledge about how it gets implemented. It then examined this knowledge in a case study of its application in Winnipeg.

Subject

• Crime prevention - Manitoba - Winnipeg.
• Native peoples - Manitoba - Winnipeg.
• Urban minorities - Manitoba - Winnipeg.
• Native peoples - Urban residence - Manitoba - Winnipeg.
• Native peoples - Crimes against - Manitoba - Winnipeg.
• Risk assessment.
• Urban Aboriginal peoples.
• Dissertations, Academic - Canada.

Contents

1. Introduction – 2. What is known about risk factors related to crime affecting aboriginal people – 3. What is known about the prevention of crime affecting aboriginal people – 4. Research methods – 5. Crime affecting urban Aboriginal people in Winnipeg – 6. What are the perceptions of crime and risk factors affecting urban Aboriginal people in Winnipeg? – 7. Do prevention programs in Winnipeg target urban Aboriginal people risk factors related to crime? – 8. Are collaborative community safety strategies used for urban Aboriginal crime prevention programming? – 9. What are the attitudes and expectations of Aboriginal stakeholders compared to non-Aboriginal stakeholders toward aboriginal crime prevention and its implementation? – 10. Conclusions and recommendations for urban Aboriginal crime prevention.