Assessments of Crime Seriousness on an American Indian Reservation: A Reanalysis of Abril (2007)
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Data from a survey of residents of a Southern Ute Indian reservation in Colorado carried out by Abril (2007) are used to compare perceptions of crime seriousness held by members of an American Indian tribe with those of non-Indians living on the same reservation. There are few significant or substantial differences between the two groups. These findings bear on debates in criminology and the sociology of law regarding the extent to which the content of the criminal law reflects a broad consensus in society or entails the imposition of rules made by and for dominant groups on subordinate groups holding different cultural values and norms. Additional data are deployed to assess subcultural explanations of high levels of interpersonal violence on American Indian reservations.
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Studies of Iranian students in 2002 and Native-Americans in 2001 found that homicide ranked as slightly more serious than rape.
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- Authors
- Greenberg, D. F.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Greenberg, David F.
- ORCID
- Greenberg, David F.
- Venue
- Race and Justice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29-41
- ISSN
- 2153-3687 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2327397589
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Race and Justice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Keywords
- Indian reservations, interpersonal violence, cultural values and norms
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