Author: Susan ShrinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Victim Programs to Serve Native Americans
Author: Susan ShrinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Victim Programs to Serve Native Americans
Author: Susan ShrinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Victim Assistance Programs
Author: Criminal Justice in Native America
Author: Marianne O. NielsenPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654364X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Native Americans are disproportionately represented as offenders in the U.S. criminal justice system, particularly in the southwestern and north-central regions. However, until recently there was little investigation into the reasons for their over-representation. Furthermore, there has been little acknowledgment of the positive contributions of Native Americans to the criminal justice system—in rehabilitating offenders, aiding victims, and supporting service providers. This book offers a valuable and contemporary overview of how the American criminal justice system impacts Native Americans on both sides of the law. Each of the fourteen chapters of Criminal Justice in Native America was commissioned specifically for this volume. Contributors—many of whom are Native Americans—rank among the top scholars in their fields. Some of the chapters treat broad subjects, including crime, police, courts, victimization, corrections, and jurisdiction. Others delve into more specific topics, including hate crimes against Native Americans, state-corporate crimes against Native Americans, tribal peacemaking, and cultural stresses of police officers. Separate chapters are devoted to women and juveniles. The well-known scholar Marianne Nielsen provides a context-setting introduction, in which she addresses the history of the legal treatment of Native Americans in the United States as well as a provocative conclusion that details important issues for current and future research in Native American criminal justice studies. Intended to introduce students to the substantive concerns of a range of disciplines that contribute to Native American Studies—among them, criminal justice and criminology, law, sociology, and anthropology—Criminal Justice in Native America will interest all readers who are concerned about relationships between Native peoples and prevailing criminal justice systems.
Victim Assistance
Author: Thomas L. UnderwoodPublisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780826147516
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Based on the acclaimed professional certificate program, Advanced Institute on Victim Studies: Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance, this book identifies core content areas essential for practitioners working with crime victims. Recognizing the multidisciplined, multisystem field that encompasses victim assistance, the contributors present a solid foundation of the varying concepts and theories on victims and victims services. The balance of the text addresses the skills and strategies needed to enhance services to victims at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. Each chapter concludes with an analysis and application section, including representative scenarios and key questions for review.
Sharing Our Stories of Survival
Author: Sarah DeerPublisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759111257
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Sharing Our Stories of Survival is a comprehensive treatment of the socio-legal issues that arise in the context of violence against native women--written by social scientists, writers, poets, and survivors of violence.
Victim Assistance in Indian Country Discretionary Grant Program
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Federal Programs of Assistance to Native Americans
Author: Roger WalkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This updated document is invaluable to individuals and Indian tribes, providing knowledge on how to obtain access to assistance programs for American Indians.
Victims of Rape
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and FamiliesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rape victims
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Maze of Injustice
Author: Amnesty InternationalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights workers
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
More than one in three Native American or Alaska Native women will be raped at some point in their lives. Most do not seek justice because they known they will be met with inaction or indifference. As one support worker said, "Women don't report because it doesn't make a difference. Why report when you are just going to be revictimized?" Sexual violence against women is not only a criminal or social issue, it is a human rights abuse. This report unravels some of the reasons why Indigenous women in the USA are at such risk of sexual violence and why survivors are so frequently denied justice. Chronic under-resourcing of law enforcement and health services, confusion over jurisdiction, erosion of tribal authority, discrimination in law and practice, and indifference -- all these factors play a part. None of this is inevitable or irreversible. The voices of Indigenous women throughout this report send a message of courage and hope that change can and will happen.