NCJ Number
193505
Date Published
1999
Length
350 pages
Annotation
This looseleaf manual presents the agenda, participant list, and background papers for a judicial training program conducted in May 1999 for 1.5 days and focusing on child sexual abuse on American Indian reservations.
Abstract
Sessions focused on the prevalence of child sexual abuse in Indian country, the sociological factors, the cultural impact of child sexual abuse on Indian families, and the role of alcoholism in child sexual abuse. Additional sessions focused on the coordination of tribal and Federal investigations of child sexual abuse, pretrial detention, Federal criminal laws and tribal criminal and civil laws on child sexual abuse, adjudication in Federal and tribal courts, and evidentiary issues in cases of child sexual abuse. Further sessions focused on the psychological impact of child sexual abuse on Indian children and adult victims of child sexual abuse, preparation of Indian children to testify in court, impacts of multiple interrogations on the victim, coordination of tribal and Federal adjudications to avoid further victimization of the child, and dispositional alternatives in child sexual abuse cases. The background materials focused on reporting requirements, the content of laws on child sexual abuse, the police role in child abuse investigations, appellate court decisions related to child sexual abuse, fairness and accuracy in evaluations of spouse abuse and child abuse in custody determinations, and guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics on assessing child sexual abuse. Figures, tables, photographs, checklists, footnotes, and reference lists