In fact, more Aboriginals live in the city of Winnipeg than in all of the North West Territories. As an Extension of On-Reserve Violence. The disproportionate rate of violent crime amongst urban Aboriginals reflects an already inflated on-reserve crime rate. In Saskatchewan, for instance, the on-reserve rate is double the rate of rural and urban areas. The reason for this differential rate is that, in most cases, the judicial system is not informed about the child abuse until the child becomes an adult respondent in a survey, years later.
Large differences are evident in select areas.
Although Aboriginal adults are incarcerated for assault more often than non-Aboriginals, Aboriginal youth are sentenced to custody for property damage twice as often as they are for violent assault. Not all Aboriginals are equally at risk of becoming a victim or a victimizer and the development of prevention strategies should be attentive to this distinctive attribute of crime and victimization in Aboriginal communities. Prevention must target sectors of the Aboriginal population rather than the population as a whole. The rationale for Aboriginal emigration to large urban centres is frequently the existence of social problems in the home or the larger community. However, this emigration phenomenon isolates and separates those most intensely involved in violent behaviour and, like incarceration, is a provisional remedy at best.