Critical Essay- CRCJ
Submit a (7-8 page, double spaced 12 font Times Roman) critical essay related to the themes of the course
You are expected to incorporate at least 4 course readings, and this can additionally be supplemented by external academic sources but is not required. This paper will enable you to demonstrate your working knowledge on Indigenous perspectives on criminology and aspects of Indigenous historical, 5
theoretical, and methodological contexts, current issues, and Indigenous traditional justice approaches. Writing in criminology entails constructing a well-supported argument/analysis. Limit each paragraph to one main idea. Be sure to include appropriate in-text citations and credit all sources, even when paraphrasing.
Use any 4 of the readings that relates:
Monchalin, Lisa. 2016. Chapter 1 Introduction to Indigenous Peoples in Canada Pp 1-22. in The Colonial Problem: An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada. University of Toronto Press: Toronto, Ontario.
Friedland, Hadley. 2018. Chapter 2: “The Wetiko as a Legal Concept or Category” Pp 20-48 in The Wetiko Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization. University of Toronto Press: Toronto, Ont.
Monchalin, Lisa. 2016. Chapter 2 “Introduction to an Indigenous Perspective: Ideology and Teachings” in The Colonial Problem: An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada. Pp 23-38.
Mc Adam, Sylvia. 2015. Chapter 1 and 2 in Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing Nehiyaw Legal Systems Pp 21-36.
Cunnen, Chris; Tauri Juan. 2017. “Introduction” in Indigenous Criminology. Pp 1-22. Policy Press: Bristol, UK
Chan, Wendy; Chunn, Dorothy. 2014. “Conceptualizing Race, Racism, and Racial Difference” in Racialization, Crime and Criminal Justice in Canada. Pp 3-23. University of Toronto Press: Toronto, CA.
Wynter, Sylvia. 2003. “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—An Argument”. Stanford University CR: The New Centennial Review. Volume 3, Number 3, Fall 2003. Michigan State University Press.
Morgensen, Scott. 2015. “Cutting to the Roots of Colonial Masculinity” in Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration. Pp 38-61. Innes, Alexandra and Anderson, Kim Ed. University of Manitoba Press: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Sinclair, Raven. 2007. “Identity Lost and Found: Lessons from the Sixties Scoop”. Vol 3. No 1 First Peoples Child & Family Review. http://journals.sfu.ca/fpcfr/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/25
McKenzie, Holly; Varcoe, Colleen; Browne; Annette, Day, Linda. 2016. “Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and Child Welfare: An Analysis of Colonial and Neocolonial Discourses”. International Indigenous Policy Journal. 7 (2).
