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Tribal policing on American Indian reservations

L. Edward Wells (Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA)
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David N. Falcone (Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA)

Policing: An International Journal

ISSN: 1363-951X

Article publication date: 7 November 2008

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical examination of the characteristics of Indian reservation police agencies at the start of the twenty‐first century.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses national data on tribal police agencies from the 2000 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies and from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies (both conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics).

Findings

The analysis presented documents both common and distinctive trends in Indian Country policing, and compares tribal police agencies on reservations with non‐Indian police organizations generally.

Originality/value

The paper provides an empirical reference point for assessing future changes and developments in this mostly undocumented form of US policing.

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Citation

Wells, L.E. and Falcone, D.N. (2008), "Tribal policing on American Indian reservations", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 648-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510810910616

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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