More than 250 programs, projects, and research studies contained in Canada's National Inventory of Aboriginal Justice Programs, Projects, and Research demonstrate a substantial amount of government-sponsored activity in the areas of policing, corrections, and aftercare. In addition, several experimental programs have recently been developed to improve access to the justice system and to assure greater fairness of treatment for native people. At the provincial level, a number of programs attempt to devolve administrative responsibility for justice programs and services to local communities. The inventory also lists several programs and projects that are categorized as alternative or traditional and identifies a number of justice-related programs designed to prepare native people for various roles within the justice system. As resources permit, the inventory will be updated by the Department of Justice.