Investigating child sexual abuse in the American Indian community

Date

1998

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Publisher

U.S. Office for Victims of Crime

Abstract

Description

This study offers a survey of the problems normally associated with investigating child sexual abuse in Indian communities. Material for this study was gathered over a three-year period from 1986-1989. Many of the cases cited here are still in adjudication, which precludes the use of the defendant s name. The list of problems is not exhaustive, but should serve to alert the investigator to some of the difficulties that may be encountered.

Keywords

Abuse-sexual, Investigation - child abuse, Native American, Statistics

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