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Juvenile JusticeThe violent crime rate among American Indians is twice that of the United States as a whole. Tribal communities are also beset by high rates of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, alcohol abuse, and gang involvement. Given such factors, it is not surprising that tribal youth are exposed to multiple risk factors for delinquency. Indeed, while the violent crime rate for U.S. youth has steadily declined over the past several years, the rate of violent juvenile crime in tribal communities continues to grow. Risk factors for delinquency for the nearly 2 million American Indians who live on or near tribal lands are compounded by a lack of social services. Tribal communities are challenged by inadequate resources for their juvenile justice systems, resulting in insufficient training of law enforcement and other justice personnel and a dearth of programs that comprehensively combat juvenile delinquency through appropriate prevention, intervention, and sanction activities. The Tribal Youth Program (TYP) is managed and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The Tribal Youth Program is part of the Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative, a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of Justice and the Interior to improve law enforcement and juvenile justice in Indian Country. OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Initiatives Bulletin describes the efforts of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to assist tribal communities through such initiatives as the Tribal Youth Program, the Tribal Youth Program Mental Health Project, the Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) Project, training and technical assistance, and research and evaluation. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fact Sheets
American Indian/Alaska Native Youth Publications
Youth Gangs in Indian Country
Building Culturally
Relevant Youth Courts in Tribal Communities
Collaboration and Resource Sharing to Improve Services to Indian Youth by American Indian Development Associates highlights successful resource sharing strategies that represents commitment to something larger than the single focused organizational goals and objectives and a shift to enter into relationships with other agencies to achieve shared goals, visions and responses to mutual interest and obligations. The following articles and excerpts (linked to HTML files) are from OJJDP’s Juvenile Justice journal, Vol. VII, No. 2, December 2000 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCJ 184747. [PDF]).
American Indian/Alaska Native Criminal Justice Publications
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describes the nature and makeup
of youth gangs in Indian Country by drawing on research findings from a survey
conducted by the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC). This Bulletin presents data
regarding the presence and effect of youth gang activity in Indian Country and
provides an overview of programmatic responses to the problem. To better
understand the gang problem in Indian Country, the Bulletin compares data from NYGC’s 2000 Survey of Youth Gangs in Indian Country with data from a national
sample of survey respondents and from a field study of gangs in the Navajo
Nation. Drawing on these research findings, the Bulletin proposes proven
prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies to address the problem of
youth gangs in Indian Country.
