Elusive justice: tribal police officers’ perception of justice in an American Indian community
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This paper explores justice-related perceptions among tribal police officers providing service within a southeastern Indian Reservation in the United States. Interviews with 27 tribal police officers were conducted to understand the manner of the administration of tribal justice. Almost half of the participants interviewed felt that their tribal justice system was dysfunctional due to inter-tribal politics, federal government restrictions, and lenient tribal judges. Additionally, tribal police officers also described the failure of the federal government in prosecuting felony crimes on the reservation. As a result, they believed that both the tribal and federal criminal justice systems did not adequately address crime on the reservation.
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Martín & Danner (2017) reported that half of the tribal officers interviewed thought that their tribal courts were effective, and the other half stated that factors such as ineffective tribal judges, tribal politics, and federal restrictions hindered the tribal courts' effectiveness.
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From Criminal Justice in Indian Country: A Theoretical and Empirical Agenda (2019) · cites this paper as Martín & Danner 2017
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- Authors
- Alejandro Martín, F., & Danner, M. J. E.
- Affiliations
- Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, USA
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Venue
- Contemporary Justice Review
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-04-02
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 175-192
- ISSN
- 1028-2580 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-2248
- OpenAlex
- W2605281052
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 3.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Contemporary Justice Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Keywords
- tribal police, perceptions of justice, American Indian communities, Indian reservations
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