Tribal Justice and Safety In Indian Country

American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002 (BJS) (December 2004) Summarizes data on American Indians in the criminal justice system and reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians. This report updates a previous BJS report, American Indians and Crime, published in 1999. The findings include the involvement of alcohol, drugs, and weapons in violence against Indians. The report describes victim-offender relationships, the race of those involved in violence against Indians, and the rate of reporting to police by victims. It discusses the rates of arrest, suspect investigations and charges filed, and incarceration of Indians for violent crimes. Highlights include the following: from 1976 to 2001 an estimated 3,738 American Indians were murdered; among American Indians age 25 to 34, the rate of violent crime victimizations was more than 2½ times the rate for all persons the same age; and rates of violent victimization for both males and females were higher for American Indians than for all races.

Indicators of School Crime Safety, 2004 (November 2004) (BJS) This report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools. It is a joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics.

Our Vulnerable Teenagers: Their Victimization, Its Consequences, and Directions for Prevention and Intervention This joint report by the National Center and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency analyzes existing, but largely unnoticed, research and data on the crime experiences of teenagers, ages 12 to 19, who make up 14 percent of the general population, but represent 25 percent of victims of violent crime. The report also outlines promising prevention and intervention strategies.

Youth Gangs in Indian Country (March 2004) (NCJ 202714) OJJPD Bulletin describes youth gangs in Indian country.

2000 Survey of Youth Gangs in Indian Country Trends 1996 to 2000 The National Youth Gang Center, supported by OJP, implemented a successful youth gangs in Indian Country surveying 577 Federally recognized tribal communities to measure the presence, size, and activity of youth gangs in these communities. June 2002

"The Unique Circumstances of Native American Juveniles Under Federal Supervision" By Brenda Donelan This is an article in the "Federal Probation, Centary of the Juvenile Justice System" December 1999.


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