Investigating Child Sexual Abuse in the American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Schafer
Blaine D. McIlwaine
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 157-167
Description
Authors, who are also FBI agents, describe some of the potential complications and pitfalls for non-Indigenous investigators working in Indigenous communities; highlight cultural misunderstandings, negotiation of systems of authority and governance, Indigenous systems of justice.