Policing On American Indian Reservations

Looks at policing in Indian Country (IC) in order to understand the many arrangements for admin. reservation police departments (PD), develop an initial assessment of the challenges facing Indian policing, & identify policing strategies & approaches that might be successful in responding to the growing crime problem in IC. Evaluates the prospects for community policing in IC. Could this strategy, which grew out of the experience of PD in urban settings, be usefully applied to the strikingly different cultural geographic, & demographic features typical of Indian reservations? This study characterizes the variety of arrangements for reservation policing. Illustrated.Wakeling, Stewart is the author of 'Policing On American Indian Reservations', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756722609 and ISBN 0756722608.