Native Indians and the Police: The Canadian Experience

• NCJ Number: 120173
• Journal: Police Studies Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1988) Pages: 155-160
• Author(s): C T Griffiths
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

The overrepresentation of Native Indians in the Canadian criminal justice system has resulted in a wide range of initiatives designed to reduce native conflict with the law.

Abstract

These have included the creation of non-Native controlled policing services attached to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and to the provincial police forces in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. As well, a number of reserve-based Native-controlled police services have been operating in the provinces of Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta for several years. Evaluations of these programs indicate that the non-native controlled policing services have had only mixed success in developing positive relations between the police and Native communities, while the Native-controlled police services have a much better record at reducing Native conflict with the law and hostility toward the police. The reasons for these results are explored and several key issues in native-police relations in Canada are outlined. 1 endnote, 36 references. (Pubisher abstract)