Death and Violence on the Reservation

Homicide, Family Violence, and Suicide in American Indian Populations

Ronet Bachman

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 1992
• Print ISBN: 9780865690158
• eBook ISBN: 9780313066665
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Native American Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities. Using fieldwork as well as quantitative and qualitative research, Bachman first presents an overview of American Indians from historical and contemporary perspectives, before she focuses specifically on violence and its causes. Homicide, suicide, and family violence are analyzed in depth, and the destructive impacts of alcohol and other addictive substances are documented. Dr. Bachman effectively uses personal stories and narratives given by American Indians to illustrate the living reality behind the statistics she presents. She concludes with a variety of policy recommendations that will be of interest not only to policymakers, but also to academic researchers and students in criminology, ethnic relations, sociology, and anthropology.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• FIGURES AND TABLES
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Trends in American Indian Homicide
• 3. The Social Causes of American Indian Homicide as Revealed by the Life Experiences of Offenders
• 4. A Statistical Analysis of American Indian Homicide: A Test of Social Disorganization and Economic Deprivation at the Reservation County and State Levels
• 5. Alternative Explanations of American Indian Homicide
• 6. Violence in American Indian Families
• 7. When Aggression Is Turned Inward
• 8. Policy Implications
• APPENDIX A: Interview Questionnaire
• APPENDIX B: Indian Affairs Organizations
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX