Crime & Offences

Book review of: Criminal Justice in Native America edited by Marianne O. Nielson, Robert A. Silverman.

Law Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.

Findings show that Northerners experience higher levels of criminal victimization and spousal violence than their provincial counterparts. Article located by scrolling to page 36.

Primarily statistics from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), combined with some from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS).

Contends that the Australian Government has denied that genocide took place.

Article critically analyzes the role that criminological theory and specific policy formulations of culture play in New Zealand's state response to Māori crime.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 1996.

Discusses jurisdiction west of the Mississippi River the the trial of several Osage Indian men.

Paper from Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence. Looks at the unique Aboriginal customary laws which are in place to deal with violations.

Focuses on over-incarceration and criminalization, new approachs to prostitution, murdered and missing women inquiry, inequalities in education, and sex discrimination in the Indian Act.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Discussion of the Omaha Nation Community Response Team (ONCRT) of the Omaha Reservation located in Thurston County, Nebraska; focus of program is providing a system of care which joins treatment and care to a return to core values and traditional culture.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2003.

Study results revealed wide variations in rates of CSA ranging from 0.8% to 40% among men and from 7.2% to 53% among women.

Discusses aspects of undergraduate psychiatric nursing practicums done in correctional facilities and implications of the co-existence of concepts of "custody and caring" in such institutions.

Discusses customary law’s contribution to addressing areas where ordinary criminal or civil laws have failed particularly in reference to mass violence . To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

Draws on historical documents retrieved from Libraries and Archives Canada to reconstruct the narrative of the mass murder that occurred in 1873 near Battle Creek. Challenges the sources which name the date as May 1, asserting that it was June 1 based on trial testimony; examines press coverage following the event. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Brief biography based on family remembrances of a young woman from Saskatoon who went missing in 2004; her body was found in 2008.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

English and Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2007.

Examines the emotional and social tragedy of Aboriginal women exploited by the sex trade.

Discusses how the creation of colonial and territorial governments shifted treatment of interracial homicide into the legal arena rather than using past practices of direct retaliation.

Overview of residential boarding school history as an instrument of genocide and the lack of governmental response to this system.

Liberal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Minnesota, 2004.

Book review of: A Death in the Tiwi Islands by Eric Venbrux. Review located by scrolling to page 226.

An examination of the differing versions of the death of the aide to Wampanoag chief King Philip, and the trial of the three Wampanoag men charged with his murder. The author notes the difficulty in attaining an accurate account of the events due to fact that all contemporary accounts were written by Englishmen.

Book review of: The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder, and Other True Stories From the Nebraska-Pine Ridge by Stew Magnuson. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 81.

Focuses on the failure of the Australian Royal Commission to address gender issues arising from deaths of Aboriginal women in custody.

States most sexual crimes against Native American women are committed by non-Native Americans who, because of jurisdiction, are not penalized.

Author questions whether tribal government should prosecute crimes committed against Native American women and girls rather than a foreign government.

Reprint of articles from Humanities.

Looks at how it is a crime to destroy, damage or deface an Aboriginal place or object without consent in New South Wales, Australia.

Comments on a post-humous education degree accepted at the Spring 2009 convocation by the honoured woman's daughter. Article located by scrolling to page 17.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1971.

Examines the question of whether most crimes are committed by residents of villages. Data collected through interviews conducted at the Fairbanks Correctional Facility and Spring Creek Correctional Facility in the winter of 1997, as well as examination of pre-sentence investigation reports.

Overview of some factors that show correlation between ciminality and living conditions, and compares Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal invovement in the criminal justice system.

Compares newspaper coverage of the deaths of two Aboriginal children while in care. One was placed by provincial authorities, the other by the Xyolhemeylh agency of the Stó:lö Nation. Survey looked at stories in the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times and Mission City Record.

Sums up Anishinaabe mix blood Dennis Banks' trial in regards to his participation at the occupation at Wounded Knee in 1973.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington University in St. Louis, 2005.

Comments on a group of women who left a life of problems and antisocial behaviour and adopted a positive view of themselves.

Examines issues surrounding the marginalization of Aboriginals and the presence and efficacy of programs supporting desistance.

Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Looks at a collaborative project protesting gender based violence against women.

Document intended to provide police with a "guide to using the problem-oriented policing approach" in communities as a method of establishing cooperative working relationships to identify and address problems.

Discussion of demonstration phase of the Program which involved research and development activities as well as field testing at institutions in each of Correctional Service's five regions.