This 2024 literature review from the Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) studies the unique cultural and social practices that effect financial abuse in Indigenous communities.
It is a joint study between Australian and Canadian academics.
The study was undertaken by Professor Jerry Buckland from the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Carmen Daniels, Research Manager at ICAN.
ICAN’s purpose in undertaking the research, was to review the literature on the national (Australian) and broader international First Nations’ experiences (Canada) with local economic and financial abuse, with results that generated a focus on three areas: intimate partner violence, abuse flowing from social sharing, and fringe lending such as book-up schemes.
In addition to undertaking a scan of the literature, the study also includes two focus groups with First Nations peoples, who provided knowledge and insight into how peer and family based financial abuse might transpire and how it may or may not be acknowledged in everyday practice.
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