Decolonizing criminology theories by centring First Nations praxis and knowledges

This chapter discusses how decolonizing criminological theories must be rooted in a praxis of First Nations change making and knowledges to disrupt dominant epistemologies. Through the activist prism of First Nations organization Deadly Connections, this chapter reveals three prongs of decolonizing criminological theory: (1) post-disciplinarity that centres First Nations knowledges and ways of doing rather than Western theory; (2) trans-disciplinarity that extends criminology’s sole concern with penal institutions to related institutions and disciplines that work within the same colonial-carceral logics (e.g., child protection, psychiatric facilities); (3) anti-disciplinarity that criticizes criminology and the carceral institutions it upholds.