Criminal justice in Native America / edited by Marianne O. Nielsen and Robert A. Silverman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen, Marianne O.

Silverman, Robert A., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Indians of North America.

Crime--United States.

Crime.

United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction to the context of Native American criminal justice involvement / Marianne O. Nielsen

Patterns of Native American crime, 1984-2005 / Robert A. Silverman

Ha'áłchíní, haadaah náásdah = "They're not going to be young forever" : juvenile criminal justice / Jon'a Meyer

Criminal justice challenges for Native American women / Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox

Finding their way : challenges and resources of American Indian victims of sexual assault / Sherry Hamby

"It's just the way life is here" : hate crime against Native Americans / Barbara Perry

Native Americans and uranium mining as state-corporate crime / Linda Robyn

The jurisdictional jungle : navigating the path / John F. Cardani

More than just a red light in your rearview mirror / Eileen Luna-Firebaugh

Policing on and off the reservation : sources of individual stress / Larry A. Gould

Beyond colonialism : Indian courts in the present and future / James W. Zion

"How do we get rid of crime? Restore it to harmony" : tribal peacemaking as an alternative to modern courts / Jon'a Meyer

The search for the silver arrow : assessing tribal-based healing traditions and ceremonies in Indian country corrections / William G. Archambeault

Present and future issues for Native American criminal justice / Marianne O. Nielsen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816526536

0816526532

OCLC:

244628707