RT Article
T1 Importance of culture in measuring tribal crime seriousness: scoping review of crime seriousness indices
JF Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
VO 22
IS 1
SP 1
OP 20
A1 Riley, Lorinda
A2 Park, Cassandra
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885000081
AB Understanding crime trends provides policymakers with needed information to effectively use scarce resources to keep communities safe. Native nations in the US, who retain criminal and civil jurisdiction on their lands, rely on national data collected by the federal government with little tribal input. These data may not accurately reflect the community’s situation or the values they hold. Developing a tribal crime seriousness index may provide an elegant way to bridge this gap. This paper catalogs and identifies the methods for developing crime seriousness indices and provides a critical discussion of the role culture plays in the conceptualization of crime.
K1 Indigenous
K1 cultural relevance
K1 Crime trends
K1 crime index
DO 10.1080/15377938.2024.2307062