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Indian Country Criminal Justice: Departments of the Interior and Justice Should Strengthen Coordination to Support Tribal Courts
Indian Country Criminal Justice: Departments of the Interior and Justice Should Strengthen Coordination to Support Tribal Courts
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Mar. 23, 2011
ANNOTATION: A review of “the challenges facing selected tribal justice systems in adjudicating crime in Indian country as well as federal agencies’ efforts to coordinate their activities to support tribal justice systems” is presented (p. 2). Sections of this report are: highlights; background; the 12 tribes visited and the challenges they reported in adjudicating crime and the various federal efforts that exist to help address those challenges; the Departments of Interior and Justice’s actions to coordinate their efforts on tribal justice issues and the establishment of information sharing mechanisms that will strengthen that coordination; conclusion; recommendations for Executive Action; and agency comments and the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s evaluation. Appendixes include: objectives, scope, and methodology; federal, state, and tribal jurisdiction over, and the prosecution of crime, in Indian country; overview of selected tribal courts; and comments from the Department of Justice.
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