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Helping Victims in Indian Country
 Victim
Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country describes
promising practices in assisting victims of violence and abuse
in 12 Indian country locations throughout the United States
as compiled by the Office for Victims of Crime. Each description
includes the program’s keys to success, relevant demographic
data, and a contact for further information.
What Has Changed in 10 Years?
American
Indians on Reservations: A Databook of Socioeconomic Change
Between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses was released by
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
at the Kennedy School of Government. This report shows that,
although substantial gaps remain between American Indians
and the rest of U.S. society, rapid economic and social development
is taking place among gaming and non-gaming tribes alike.
Violent Crime and American Indians
American
Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992–2002 summarizes
data on American Indians in the criminal justice system and
reports the rates and characteristics of the violent crimes
they experience.
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions
In Substance
Abuse Treatment Admissions Among American Indians and Alaska
Natives: 2002, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration's (SAMHSA’s) Office of Applied
Studies reports on the increase of treatment admissions among
American Indians and Alaska Natives, based on data from SAMHSA's
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System.
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