Native Americans And The Criminal Justice System

by Ross,Jeffrey Ian

• ISBN13: 9781594511790
• ISBN10: 1594511799
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Native Americans and the Criminal Justice Systemoffers a comprehensive approach to explaining the causes, effects, and solutions for the presence and plight of Native Americans in the criminal justice system. Contributions from scholars and experts in Native American issues examine the ways in which society's response to Native Americans is often socially constructed. The contributors work to dispel the myths surrounding the crimes committed by Native Americans and blanket assertions about the role of criminal justice agencies that interact with Native Americans. In doing so, the contributors emphasize the historical, social, and cultural roots of Anglo-European conflicts with Native peoples and how they are manifested in the criminal justice system. Selected chapters also consider the global and cross-national ramifications of Native Americans and crime. This book systematically analyzes the broad nature of the subject area, including unique and emerging problems, theoretical issues, and policy implications.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Duane Champagne
Preface and Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I Introduction	1	(14)
Native Americans, Criminal Justice, Criminological Theory, and Policy Development	3	(12)
Jeffrey Ian Ross
Larry Gould
Part II Theoretical Issues in the Area of Native Americans and Criminal Justice	15	(70)
Navajo Criminal Justice: A Jungian Perspective	17	(18)
Marilyn Holly
Criminalizing Culture: An Anthropologist Looks at Native Americans and the U.S. Legal System	35	(16)
Dorothy H. Bracey
Justice as Phoenix: Traditional Indigenous Law, Restorative Justice, and the Collapse of the State	51	(16)
James W. Zion
The Link between Environmental Policy and the Colonization Process and Its Effects on American Indian Involvement in Crime, Law, and Society	67	(18)
Linda Robyn
Thom Alcoze
Part III Current Policy Issues Affecting Native Americans and Criminal Justice	85	(150)
Alcoholism, Colonialism, and Crime	87	(16)
Larry Gould
Examining the Interpretation and Application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978	103	(14)
Tracey M. Bouvier
Law Enforcement and the American Indian: Challenges and Obstacles to Effective Law Enforcement	117	(18)
Eileen Luna-Firebaugh
Samuel Walker
Policing Native Americans Off the Rez	135	(8)
Jeffrey Ian Ross
Imprisonment and American Indian Medicine Ways: A Comparative Analysis of Conflicting Cultural Beliefs, Values, and Practices	143	(18)
William G. Archambeault
Criminalization of the Treaty Right to Fish: Response of the Great Lakes Chippewa	161	(18)
Linda Robyn
Indian Gaming and the American Indian Criminal Justice System	179	(8)
Nicholas C. Peroff
Research on Juvenile Deliquency in Indian Communities: Resisting Generalization	187	(10)
Lisa Bond-Maupin
Taka X. Good Tracks
James R. Maupin
Recent Trends in Community-Based Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Crime in the Navajo Nation	197	(20)
Marianne O. Nielsen
Dorothy Fulton
Ivan Tsosie
Scattered Like the Reindeer: Alaska Natives and the Loss of Autonomy	217	(18)
Nella Lee
Part IV Conclusion	235	(8)
Integrating the Past, Present, and Future	237	(6)
Larry Gould
Jeffrey Ian Ross
Bibliography	243	(24)
Index	267	(2)
About the Editors and Contributors	269