It will take a long time to describe, but colonization has definitely resulted, among other things, in the placing under trusteeship of societies that were functioning very well and that were creating their own economies, even though they were subsistence economies. There was a social regulation. That doesn't mean, as Marie-Pierre said, that there wasn't any violence or problems. I've studied, in particular, traditional Inuit societies, that had their own social regulation mechanism. Colonization caused extremely rapid changes within those societies. Structures that absolutely did not suit them were imposed, which caused cultural alienation. That very much destabilized family dynamics and the division of responsibilities, which is related to family violence.
One of the hypotheses made by certain specialists is, surprisingly in a way, that women have emerged from this in better condition than men, economically speaking. And when you go into the communities, you see that some Inuit women hold jobs. The loss of their traditional role as providers appears to have greatly affected men, who have found themselves in a situation of isolation, loss of meaning and of a function in their communities. This probably contributes to a much greater understanding of the fact that they want to forget by drinking and using drugs. Alcohol and drugs are definitely an extremely important precipitating factor. My anthropologist colleague would be in a much better position than I to talk about the destructing effects of colonization.