NCJ Number
84567
Editor(s)
L French
Date Published
1982
Length
212 pages
Annotation
A series of essays on Indians and criminal justice are categorized under the topics of Indian sociolegal issues, Indian crime and justice, and Indian treatment issues.
Abstract
The introduction outlines the history of the interaction of the various Indian tribes with the Federal Government, issuing in restrictive, dependent reservation life that undermined the relevance of Indian culture to historic experience. In the areas of Indian sociolegal issues, the studies consider critical legal and social responsibilities facing Native Americans, the pluralistic basis of American Indian law, the economics of Indian crime, and Native American neocolonialism. Studies dealing with Indian crime and justice focus on basic doctrines of American Indian law governing the relationship between the Federal Government and reservation Indians and patterns of Indian crime and law enforcement vis-a-vis Indians. Theories regarding the causes of Indian crime are also considered, as well as the structure and operation of Indian tribal courts. Indian treatment issues discussed include alcoholism, specialized Indian correctional treatment that includes the development of an Indian cultural identity, and counseling Indians. References accompany each presentation. For individual entries, see NCJ 84568-72.