Post by blackcrowheart on Nov 11, 2006 21:16:13 GMT -5
UCLA Gets $1.5 Million To Study Criminal Justice In Indian Country
LOS ANGELES -- The UCLA School of Law was awarded nearly $1.5 million for a two-year study of the administration of justice in American Indian communities around the nation, it was announced on Thursday.
The project will be led by three professors: Carole Goldberg, professor of law at UCLA School of Law and faculty chair of its Native Nations Law & Policy Center; Duane Champagne, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa who is professor of sociology at UCLA; and Kevin Washburn, a Chickasaw who is professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School.
The interdisciplinary research team of legal scholars, a sociologist, and a criminology/detention specialist will partner with the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center for a project entitled "A Study of the Administration of Justice in Indian Country," focusing how the criminal justice system operates in Indian country and investigate culturally informed ways of managing criminal justice.
The project will be housed at UCLA School of Law's Native Nations Law and Policy Center, which supports research focused on enhancing the governmental institutions and laws of Indian nations.
"This team will have an unprecedented opportunity to influence the policy debates over criminal jurisdiction, culturally informed approaches to criminal justice, and alternative sentencing in Indian country," said Professor Devon Carbado, academic associate dean at UCLA School of Law.
The NIJ, whose objective is to enhance the administration of justice and public safety, sought proposals in 2005 for a research study on the administration of justice in Indian country, focused on the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and how to improve conditions of detention.
"Congress appropriated funding for this study because the Department of the Interior had found serious deficiencies in the jails serving Indian country," said Goldberg, who will serve as a co-principal investigator on this study.
"But when the National Institute of Justice established a competition for proposals, it asked for a more comprehensive investigation -- one that would examine how the complex criminal justice system for Indian country funnels people into detention facilities, and whether the existing system is best serving the public safety needs of tribal communities."
The research will culminate with a formal report and practitioner brochure of policy recommendations on improving criminal justice and conditions of detention in Indian country. The brochure will be disseminated to tribal communities, policy makers, and academic audiences.
The final report will be submitted to the Congress, which may result in a request for members of the research team to offer congressional testimony on their findings.
www.nbc4.tv/news/10221654/detail.html
LOS ANGELES -- The UCLA School of Law was awarded nearly $1.5 million for a two-year study of the administration of justice in American Indian communities around the nation, it was announced on Thursday.
The project will be led by three professors: Carole Goldberg, professor of law at UCLA School of Law and faculty chair of its Native Nations Law & Policy Center; Duane Champagne, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa who is professor of sociology at UCLA; and Kevin Washburn, a Chickasaw who is professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School.
The interdisciplinary research team of legal scholars, a sociologist, and a criminology/detention specialist will partner with the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center for a project entitled "A Study of the Administration of Justice in Indian Country," focusing how the criminal justice system operates in Indian country and investigate culturally informed ways of managing criminal justice.
The project will be housed at UCLA School of Law's Native Nations Law and Policy Center, which supports research focused on enhancing the governmental institutions and laws of Indian nations.
"This team will have an unprecedented opportunity to influence the policy debates over criminal jurisdiction, culturally informed approaches to criminal justice, and alternative sentencing in Indian country," said Professor Devon Carbado, academic associate dean at UCLA School of Law.
The NIJ, whose objective is to enhance the administration of justice and public safety, sought proposals in 2005 for a research study on the administration of justice in Indian country, focused on the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and how to improve conditions of detention.
"Congress appropriated funding for this study because the Department of the Interior had found serious deficiencies in the jails serving Indian country," said Goldberg, who will serve as a co-principal investigator on this study.
"But when the National Institute of Justice established a competition for proposals, it asked for a more comprehensive investigation -- one that would examine how the complex criminal justice system for Indian country funnels people into detention facilities, and whether the existing system is best serving the public safety needs of tribal communities."
The research will culminate with a formal report and practitioner brochure of policy recommendations on improving criminal justice and conditions of detention in Indian country. The brochure will be disseminated to tribal communities, policy makers, and academic audiences.
The final report will be submitted to the Congress, which may result in a request for members of the research team to offer congressional testimony on their findings.
www.nbc4.tv/news/10221654/detail.html