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Statista Research Department
Description
Statistical tables for the general situation, custodial sentencing and disciplinary action, and parole and probation.
Aboriginal Deaths and Injuries in Custody and/or with Police Involvement: An Initial Survey of Information and Incidents in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario: Preliminary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Hannum
Description
Goals were to identify names of victims, identify government agencies that collect and report information, and determine what is and is not reported.
Aboriginal Domestic Violence in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Four Worlds Centre for Development Learning
Aboriginal Gangs Don't Come Out of Nowhere
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, April 2003, p. A15
Description
Contends that the societal mistreatment of Aboriginal peoples has caused a rise in gang activity.
Aboriginal Organized Crime in Canada: Developing a Typology for Understanding and Strategizing Responses
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. J. Dickson-Gilmore
Chris Whitehead
Aboriginal Prison Releases in New South Wales –
Preliminary Comments Based on Ex-Prisoner Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eileen Balladry
Peter Maple stone
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 4, 2003
Description
Examines the increase in incarceration from 1991 to 2001, and found that Aboriginal people were not being assisted while in prison or when released from prison.
Addressing Domestic Violence in Indian Country: Introductory Manual
Alternate Title
Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jenny Gilberg
Jeremy Nevilles-Sorell
Tina Olson
Beryl Rock
Babette Sandman
Barry Skye
Rebecca St. George
Victoria Ybanez
Description
Examines significant historical events, the developments in activism, the current situation, advocacy for women and children and options for dealing with men who use violence.
Addressing Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trafficking as Co-Morbidities in Missing or Murdered Indigenous Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Pierce-Weeks
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 129-136
Description
An investigation into sexual abuse of Indigenous females and the need for culturally appropriate responses to victim's often complex medical needs.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 129.
Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: A Path Forward Utilizing a Structured Cold Case Investigation Protocol
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Adcock
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 103-128
Description
Discusses organization and structure, operation, and management along with "cold case rules" and examples of cases.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 103.
AMBER Alert in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jim Walters
Melissa Blasing
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 21-34
Description
An examination of the need for and successful implementation of AMBER Alert systems in communities throughout the United States.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 21.
American Indian and Alaska Native Knowledge and Public Health for the Primary Prevention of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Delight E. Satter
Laura M. Mercer Kollar
Debra O'Gara 'Djik Sook'
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 149-188
Description
An overview of Indigenous public health research, knowledge and cultural practices to combat violence in American tribal communities.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 149.
Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 532-535
Description
Book review of: Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder by Shelagh D. Grant.
Arrest Made in Decades-Old Native Slaying
Articles » General
Calgary Herald, April 3, 2003, p. A20
Description
Arrest in the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was murdered on the Pine Ridge reserve in 1976.
The "Baby Andy" Report: Examination of Services Provided to Baby Andy and His Family
Alternate Title
[Baby Andy Review]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edadeen Bird
Raymond Shingoose
Gail Hartsook
Dorothea Warren
Description
Child was 20-month-old who sustained severe and permanent injuries due to child abuse while under the supervision of the Montreal Lake Child and Family Agency. Panel made findings and recommendations in six areas: information sharing, staffing, case management, coordination of services, and government support.
Barriers to Implementing Holistic, Community-Based Treatment for Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Conditions
Theses
Author/Creator
H. Rae Mitten
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 425-446
Description
Book review of:
Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains by Theodore Binnema.
Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History by Ken Coates and Robin Fisher (Editors).
Gay Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Myths from Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology by Kim Elledge (Editor).
E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose by Carole Gerso and Veronica Strong-Boag.
Child Abuse and Neglect in Indigenous Australian Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Stanley
Adam M. Tomison
Julian Pocock
Child Abuse Prevention Issues, no. 19, September 2003, pp. 1-31
Description
Statics show that the occurrence of violence in Indigenous communities is disproportionately high in comparison to the rates in the Australian population as a whole.
Child Abuse Protocol Development Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tribal Law & Policy Institute
Description
Guide and workbook developed for local Child Protection Teams or multi-disciplinary teams to help expand protocols for responding to child abuse and child sexual abuse.
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019
Alternate Title
First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019
FN/CIS 2019
FN/CIS 2019: Focus on Developmental Stages Series
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged One to Three Years Old in Canada in 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged Four to Seven Years Old in Canada In 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 8-11 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 220
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 220
CWRP Information Sheet ; no 221
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 221
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 222
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 222
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 12-15 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 224
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 224
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Fallon
Nicolette Joh-Carnella
Marie Saint-Girons
A Clear and Present Danger: Pathways Toward Ending Aboriginal Family Violence and Abuse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Bopp
Judie Bopp
Phil Lane
Description
Proposes a generic framework for interventions aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating family violence and abuse from Aboriginal communities.
Colonialism and Criminal Justice for Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marianne O. Nielsen
Linda Robyn
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 29-45
Description
Looks at the effects of colonialism on the over representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice systems of four countries.
Commission's Final Report: Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed: Final Report
Alternate Title
Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed: Final Report
Final Report: Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Description
Examines the case in which a young man from the Red Pheasant Reserve was shot and killed on a farm property near Biggar, Saskatchewan by Gerald Stanley, the property owner. The Commission inquired into the conduct of the RCMP investigation and interactions with the Bousie family.
Community Responses to Violence in Holman, Northwest Territory
Alternate Title
Community Responses to Violence in Holman, Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Kimiksana
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2003, pp. 87-90
Description
Discusses the creation of a confidential listening and crisis intervention Help Line program to deal with the community's high suicide rate.
“Creating a Framework for the Wisdom of the Community”: Review of Victim Services in Nunavut, Northwest and Yukon Territories
Alternate Title
[Research Report (Department of Justice Canada)] ; RR03VIC-3e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Beth Levan
Description
Includes: considerations in service delivery, traditional and formal programs/services available, and recommendations for areas of improvement.
Crime Prevention and Indigenous Communities: Current International Strategies and Programs: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Capobianco
Margaret Shaw
Description
Discusses common challenges facing Indigenous peoples, main criteria being used to respond and shape 'good practices', national crime prevention policies and strategies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States and examples of promising practices.
Crime Prevention Programs in Canada: Examining Key Implementation Elements for Indigenous Populations
Alternate Title
Research Report (Public Safety Canada) ; 2021-R001
Research Summary (Public Safety Canada) ; 2021-S001
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hannah Cortés-Kaplan
Laura Dunbar
Research Report (Public Safety Canada)
Description
Related material: Research Summary.
Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Brent Leonhard
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 45-78
Description
An examination of the complexity of overlapping criminal jurisdictions between tribal, municipal, state, and federal officials that could impede the solving of murdered and missing Indigenous females.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 45.
Culture, Healing and Spirituality and Their Influence on Treatment Programs for Aboriginal Offenders
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa Howell
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2003.
A Dark History: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramandeep Sahdev
Voices of Forensic Science, vol. 1, no. 2, The Forensic Science Alternate Universe , 2021, pp. 39-44
Description
Using the murder of Inuit Deidre Michelin to discuss the unequal access to law enforcement in Indigenous communities.
Denial of Genocide in the California Gold Rush Era: The Case of Gary Clayton Anderson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Ostler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 2, 2021, pp. 81-102
Description
Examines Gary Anderson's claim that the settler's violent acts against the Indigenous population was not genocidal in nature.
The Direct and Indirect Impacts of Organized Crime on Youth, as Offenders and Victims
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Holly Richter-White
Description
Discussion of the impact of crime on children and youth including: drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sexual exploitation, gangs, gambling and the internet.
Educational Status and its Association With Risk and Protective Factors for First Nations Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly A. van der Woerd
David N. Cox
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 208-222
Description
Study identifies interventions that could help keep Aboriginal youth in school in Alert Bay, British Columbia.
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Missing Person Cases in Tribal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernst H. Weyand
Lori McPherson
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 137-148
Description
Two of factors that impede law enforcement's ability to respond to Indigenous missing person cases are a timely reporting of cases and the lack of community engagement. This article discusses the key elements in developing tribal community response plans.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 137.
Epistemic Injustice and Indigenous Women: Toward Centering Indigeneity in Social Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marjorie Johnstone
Eunjung Lee
Affilia, vol. 36, no. 3, 2021, pp. 376-390
Description
Using cases studies to examine Indigenous feminist resistance to violence and how the resistance gave Indigenous people more agency in their own history.
Examining HIV/AIDS Among the Aboriginal Population in Canada in the Post-Residential School Era
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J. Kevin Barlow
Description
Reviews literature that may link HIV/AIDS to the legacy of residential schools. The article also outlines how HIV/AIDS is affecting the Aboriginal people and discusses the practices and challenges of attempting to combat the health issue.
The Familiar Face of Genocide: Internalized Oppression Among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Poupart
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, [Special Issue: Indigenous Women in the Americas], Spring, 2003, pp. 86-100
Description
Explores violence within American Indian communities as an outcome of years of violence from Euro-Americans directed at American Indian people.
FBI Resources in Missing Person Cases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Bedford
Alethea Duncan
Christina Palazzolo
Joseph P. Shevlin
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 149-158
Description
A description of Federal Bureau of Investigation specialized units that can be invaluable in cases of missing, abducted, or murdered victims. They are: Child Abduction Rapid Deployment, the Behavioral Analysis Units dealing with crimes against children, and crimes against adults, and the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 149.
Federal Sexual Crimes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Hagen
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 189-208
Description
Describes Chapter 109A of the US federal criminal code regarding sexual crimes and the need for tribal sexual violence guidelines created with cooperation between tribal and legal authorities.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 189.
First Nations and the Canadian Legal System: Conflict Management or Dispute Resolution?
Theses
Author/Creator
Pierre Rousseau
Description
Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Non-Aboriginal Federal Offenders: A Comparative Profile
Alternate Title
Research Report; 2003, NoR-134
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John-Patrick Moore
Description
Objective was to gain a clearer understanding of patterns for each specific Aboriginal group in order to develop more effective programs and policies.
[From Davis Inlet to Natuashish: New Homes, Same Old Problems]
Alternate Title
The Current ; October 7, 2003
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Anna Maria Tremonti
Simeon Jacobish
Description
Interview with Chief regarding youth vandalizing the town.
Duration: 7:54.
Genocide and Colonialism, II
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Veracini
Australian Humanities Review, no. 30, October 2003, p. [?]
Description
Comments on topics discussed at conference including the Australian history of genocide.
[Genocide, Language and Aboriginal People]: Multiple Identities in History
Alternate Title
Presence of the Past: Third National Conference on Teaching, Learning and Communication the History of Canada
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Andrea Bear Nicholas
Description
Talk given at Presence of the Past: The Third National Conference on Teaching, Learning and Communicating the History of Canada, October 2003. Duration: 34:18.
HCR33 Report: Idaho’s Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie L. Fillmore
Lane K. Gillespie
Description
Uses information from the National Crime Information Center, Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, National Center for Missing and Exploited children, and the National Missing and unidentified Person System.
Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, Missionization, and Racism on Indigenous Populations
Alternate Title
The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Betty Bastien
Jürgen W. Kremer
Rauna Kuokkanen
Patricia Vickers
Description
Looks at three geographical areas and several groups including Sami, Tsimshian, and Niisitapi and where initial colonial violence has given way to other forms of violence.
Chapter from The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre.
Healing Words
Articles » General
Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles, including Traditional Parenting Skills in Contemporary Life by Shelley Goforth
Help for Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Clark
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 5-20
Description
Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.
Human Rights Complaint Filed Against MP Pankiw
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 11, March 2003, p. 8
Description
Discusses the Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint filed by John Melenchuk regarding a controversial pamphlet sent out by Saskatoon Member of Parliament Jim Pankiw. At one point in the article Michael Woodiwiss contends that the essential difference between crimes committed by colonizers and contemporary Aboriginals is that the formers’ crimes went unpunished and mostly unrecorded.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
A Hunger for Justice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Hansen
Herizons, vol. 17, no. 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 13-[?]
Description
Focuses on the hunger strike of three female Aboriginal prisoners being held at the men's penitentiary in Springhill, Nova Scotia in February 2003.
Imagining a Poetics of Loss: Notes Toward a Comparative Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3-4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall-Winter, 2003-2004, pp. 23-50
Description
Compares the theme of genocide and cultural loss in the the poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes (Chicana) and Joy Harjo (Creek).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.