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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

at its meeting of December 13, 1983 gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

Governors, as set forth in S.84-4 , the proposed 

New courses - CRIM 310-3 - Advanced Topics in Delinquency 

and Juvenile Justice 

CRIM 419-3 - Native North Americans: Crime, 

Deviance and Criminal Justice" 

Note: ? 

In discussion it was indicated that these courses are 

considered necessary to keep the curriculum appropriately 

updated. There will be some reduction in offerings of 

other courses in order to accomodate the offering of these 

new courses. 

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MIMORANDUM

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Our File No. 1H1(i) 

Re: Curriculum 

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Changes, Department of Criminology, 

New Course Proposal, 

CRIM 310-3, Advanced Topics in Delinquency 

and Juvenile Justice. 

(ISC 83-24). 

At a meeting of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate 

Curriculum Committee held on Tuesday, October 25, 1983 members of the 

Committee approved the above-noted course. Would you please place this, 

item on the next agenda of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

for consideration. 

Janet Blanchet 

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enclosures 

SIMON FRASE.R UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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Janet Blar.chet 

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the Dean, F.I.D.S. 

Subject........

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Debbie Palliser 

Department of Criminology 

Date .....

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pecn1ber 1983 

In response to your telephone message of 1 December, I checked with Dr. 

Ray Corrado concerning a reading list for the new course (CRIM 310-3) he 

has proposed. Dr. Corrado informed me that apart from the textbooks listed 

on the proposed course outline he has no additional reading list prepared. 

Depending upon the presentation topic chosen by individual students over the 

course of a semester he will suggest additional readings for those students 

but that as the course proposed is in fact intended to focus on various 

issues important at the time of offering it is not possible to indicate which 

topics students will pursue for themselves and, therefore, any additional 

readings they will be assigned. Dr. Corrado did stress that any material 

assigned will already be available through the Library's current holdings 

and that additional resources will not be necessary in that regard. 

I hope that this is sufficient. Dr. Corrado said that hewould be happy to 

put this in writing himself if so asked. 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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i. Calendar 

Information 

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Department: Criminology 

Abbreviation Code- 

GRIM ? 

Course Number* 310 

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Credit-Hours: 

3

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Vector: 0-3-0 

Title of Course: Advanced Topics 

in

Delinquency and Juvenile Justice 

Calendar Description of Course: This course will examine on a semester basis some of the 

more complex contemporary -issues. in juvenile delinquency and justice. 

me content of the course will reflect current controversies as well as 

faculty and student interests. Topics may include Social Control Theory and Juvenile 

Justice; An Assessment of Theories of Rehabilitation; The Legal Philosophy of the Young 

Offenders Legislation and its Impact on-Juvenile Justice; and An Evaluation of Diversion, 

Deinstitutionalization ? 

and Delegalization in Canada and the United States. 

Nature of Course Seminar 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

Crim 101, Crim 210 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

2.

Scheduling 

Bow frequently will 

the

course be offered? 

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Once a year 

Smt.ster in which the course will first be offered? Fall, 198 

Which of your present faculty would-be available to make the proposed offering 

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possible? Raymond R. Corrado, Curt Taylor Griffiths, Neil Boyd, Vincent F. Sacco 

3.

Objectives of the Course: To provide a special topics series in juvenile justice 

and delinquency for senior undergraduate students who desire an. in-depth understanding 

of these areas.. 

To inform students of the rapidly changing policy issues in juvenile justice. 

4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty 

Staff 

Library 

Audio Visual 

Space 

Equipment 

5. AUjoval 

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Date:     

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Department Chairman 

NONE 

Chairman, SCUS 

S(US 73-4h: (when comp1tinr this form, 

for

instructions see Mmor;indum SCUS 71-34a. 

The Young Offenders Act and 

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The Administration of Juvenile Justice in 

Canada 

Course Description: 

This course will examine the current juvenile justice system in 

Canada under the Juvenile Delinquents Act. Various police and 

court processess will be described in order to assess whether the 

widespread criticisms of juvenile justice in the United States 

and other countries apply to Canada. The better part of the 

course will deal with the Young Offender Act and what its impact 

will be on the juvenile justice system. 

Prerequisite: Criminology 210 (Juvenile Delinquency) is 

r ecorrmended. 

Course Objectives: 

1.

To provide students with an in-depth understanding of 

the juvenile court procedures. 

2.

To examine the key criticisms of the parens patrae 

philosophy of juvenile justice. 

3.

To assess the Canadian and U. S. research literature 

regarding both the positive and negative impact of diversion 

programs on the processing of juveniles. 

4.

To try and predict the changes that the implementation 

of the Young Offenders Act will have on juvenile justice in 

Canada.. 

Required Readings 

1.

IL Corrado, M. LeBlanc and J. Trepanier. 

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Issues in Juvenile 

Justice (1983) Toronto: Butterworths. 

2.

The Young Offenders Act Manual (1983). Solicitor General of 

Canada. 

Additional readings will be assigned and required for term 

papers and presentations. 

Course Outline: 

The course will be divided into five broad topic areas for which 

readings will be assigned. Seminar discussions will also focus 

on these themes and they will provide the theme for the final 

exam. 

Topic I: ? 

An Overview of Theories of Delinquency 

Topic II: ? 

Comparative Perspectives on Shifting Juvenile 

Justice Orientations 

Topic 1.11: 

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Diversion 

Topic IV: 

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Court Processes and Disposition Outcomes 

Topic V: ? 

The Young Offenders Act 

Course Requirements 

The final grade for the course will be based upon: 

1.

Presentation and term paper ? 

30%

2.

Seminar participation ? 

30%

3.

Final examination ? 

40%

SiMON. FRASER UNIVERSITY

MIMORANDUM

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Mr. H.M. Evans, Registrar and 

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Our File No. lHl(i) 

Re: Curriculum Changes, Department of Criminology 

New Course Proposal, 

CRIM 419-3, Native North Americans: 

Crime, Deviance and Criminal Justice. 

(ISC 83-24). 

At a meeting of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate 

Curriculum Cmtee. held on Tuesday, October 25, l983 members of the Committee 

approved the above-noted course, which has previously been taught under a• 

selected topics number. Would you please place this item on the next agenda 

of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies for consideration. 

Janet Blanchet 

JB:mf 

enclosures 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM 

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Calendar Information ? 

Department:Criminology 

Abbreviation Code: GRIM Course Number: 419 

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Credit Hours: 3Vector:0-3-0 

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Title of Course: 

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Native NorthAmericans: Crime, Deviance, and Criminal Justice 

Calendar Description of Course: This course will provide an indepth consideration of the 

North American literature relating to the criminality, deviance, and patterns of involve- 

ment of native peoples with the criminal justice system. Specific attention will be 

focused on policy initiatives designed to address the overrepresentation of native Indians 

in the criminal justice system as well as the creation of alternative, native operated 

structures for the delivery of criminal justice services. 

Nature of Course Seminar 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

CRIM 101 

What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

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None 

2.

Scheduling 

How frequently will the course be offered? once a year 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 85-1 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? ? 

Curt Taylor Griffiths; sessional lecturers, Simon Verdun-Jones, Ezzat Fattah 

3. ObjectivesoftheCourse 

see attached 

4. BudgetaryandSpaceRequirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty none 

Staff none 

Library none 

Audio Visual none 

Space none 

Equipment none 

5. Approval 

Date: 

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Department Chairman 

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Dean 

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Chairman, SCUS 

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SCUS 73-34b: (When completing.this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

ttch r'onrse outline).

NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS: CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 

Course Objectives 

1. Despite the breadth of the current undergraduate course offerings, 

there has been to date no course that specifically addresses the 

numerous issues surrounding native Indians in the criminal justice 

system. While Crim 311-3, Minorities and the Criminal Justice System 

does include a consideration of native Indians, the coverage is brief 

and necessarily superficial. 

2.

The importance of inserting a course on native Indians and the criminal 

justice system at this time is heightened by the increasing concern 

over the high rates of arrest, conviction, and, incarceration of native 

people in Canada. Further, the past five years have witnessed an 

increasing attempt to develop and implement policy initiatives designed 

to address the overrepresentation of native Indians at all stages of 

the criminal justice system. 

3. The course would be comparative in nature, drawing on materials from 

the United States and Australia, countries in which there have been 

numerous initiatives undertaken in the area of native policing, native 

tribal courts, and in correctional programming. Use of comparative 

materials will provide the students with the opportunity to study the 

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applicability of initiatives from other countries to the Canadian situa- 

tion. 

4. While the majority of our students enter work on the line level in the 

criminal justice system following graduation with a B.A., to date they 

have received little or no exposure to native Indians and the issues 

relating to native involvement in the criminal justice system. Given 

the high likelihood that they will encounter natives in their positions 

as probation and parole officers, police officers, and social'workers, 

it is important that they have a firm grasp of the complexities of the 

issues. 

Course Description 

This course will provide an indepth consideration of the North American 

literature relating to the criminality, deviance, and patterns of involvement of 

native peoples with the criminal justice system. Specific attention will be 

focused on policy initiatives designed to address the overrepresentation of native 

Indians in the criminal justice system as well as the creation of alternative, 

native operated structures for the delivery of criminal justice services. Areas 

to be covered include native Indians and the police, natives in the criminal 

court, and the confinement of native Indians in correctional institutions. Of 

particular interest will be the delivery of criminal justice services in the 

Canadian north, including the structure and operation of policing.in 

northern 

communities and circuit court justice system. 

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Course Outline 

I.  Native Indians in Canadian Society 

II.

Theoretical Perspectives on Native Indians and the Law 

III. 

Legal Jurisdiction over Native Indians in Canada 

IV.

The Nature and Extent of Native Indian Crime and Deviance 

V.

Native Indians and the Police 

VI.

Native Indians in the Criminal Court 

VII. 

Native Indian Juvenile Delinquency 

VIII. 

Native Indians and the Correctional Process 

IX.

Native Indian Deviance: Drinking, Drug Use, Suicides, and Violent Deaths 

X.

The Development of Alternative Criminal Justice Structures for Native 

Indians: Tribal Policing, Tribal Courts, and Tribal Operated Correctional 

Facilities 

XI.

Policy and Research Directions 

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Course Readings 

1.

Casebook readings(see attached) 

2.

Reserve library readings (see attached) 

3.

Leland, J. Firewater Myths. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University 

Centre for Alcohol Studies. 1976. 

4.

Griffiths, C.T., P.A. May, and J.C. Yerbury, Native North Americans: 

Crime, Deviance, and Criminal Justice. Toronto: Butterworths, 

Forthcoming. 

Course Requirements 

Research paper ? 

50%

Take home Final ? 

50%

2.

READING LIST 

Grim 419-3 ? 

Native North Americans: Crime, Deviance, and Criminal Justice 

JANUARY 19th: NATIVE INDIANS IN NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY 

Price, J.A. "A Chronology." 

pp.

3-14. 

Lurie, N.O. "The American Indian: 1litoris1 Background." pp. 23-37. 

Ponting, J.R. and R. Gibbins. "Thb history of Indian-Government Relations." 

pp.

38-51. 

Kickingbird, K., C.J. Chihitty, L.i 

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Kickingbird, and C. Berkey. "Indian Sovereignty." 

pp.

70-81. 

Indian and Inuit Affairs Program. 1 Adoption and the Indian Child. Chapters 1-4. 

Appendix 1. 

Indian Act (reserve) 

Reports on the National Conferenc a1 the Federal -Provincial Coniercnce on Native 

Peoples and the Criminal Justice System. Native Peoples and •Justic'. (re;erve) 

Morse, B.W. "The Original Peoples of Canada." pp. I5•22. 

Siggner, A.J. "A Soci.o-Demographic Prof le of Indians in Canada." pp. 52-). 

h1oniann, J.J. "Social Disintgtio 

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Five Northern Caiiad ian Comininit ics." 

PP 116-131. 

Kotz, L. "A Reserve: God's Lake Narrows, Pilnitoba." p. 2-84. 

"Three Cities." ? 

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JANUARY 26111: NATIVE INDIAN CRIME, DOLINQUE-NCY AND CRIMINAl. JUSTICN: :N OVlRVIEW. 

Finkler, H.W. North of 60: Inuit anà the Administration ol Criminal Justice iii 

the Northwest Territories - The Case of Frohishc'r B. Chapter 1-3. 

Stuart, 0. "Questions Regard i ng Amer i can md ian ( r i Hi na I it y . " 

?

.

94

99.

Levy, J di. and S.J. Kunitz, "Indian Rescvations, AnomIe, and Soc ia I Patholoc ics." 

pp.

100-115. 

Keon-Cohen, B.A. ''Native Justice in Mistral i a , Canada, arid 

Hic 1 .S. A. :

i\

Comparative 

Analysis." 

pp.

132-167. 

McLeod, W. C. ''Police and Punishment Anug Native Airier i cans 01. tIre 1' I a i 

?

" )p. 2(11 -211 

Blackburn, B.L. "From Blood Revenge to tile Li.ghthorsenien: Lvolution of Law

Enforcement Institutions Among

the

Fivt

Civilized Tribes to 1861." p. 212-219.

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Task Force Analysis, 1974-75. Indian 1servati

FEBRUARY 2: NATIVE INDIANS AND. THE POLE

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Williams, L.E. and R.E. Clark, "Native

MierIcansand

the Criminal' Justice System."

pp. 187-200. ?

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Kot.z, L. "Cops and Indians." ' pp. 220-226.

Stratton, J. "Cops and Drunks: Police Attitudes and Actions in Dealing with Indian

Drunks." pp. 227-231.

Angell, J. Alaskan Village Justic: An F 1-atory Study. Police Services (on

reserve)

Alberta Board of Review. "Policp Native R1ations."

pp.

1-28. (on reserve).

Task Force Analysis, 1974-75. Indian Resetvation Criminal Justice. pp; 30-40;

pp. 51-54; pp. 66-68. (on reserve).

Finkler, H.W. North of 60:... Chapter 4 - conclusion.

INDIANS AND TilE POLICE (cônt 'd.

FEBRUARY 23: NATIVE INDIANS IN 'Il-IE CRIMINAL CO! IRT

Morse, B .W.

"Native People and I.cga I Scr ices iii

(:at

mtdi .''

q .

Kickingbird, K. "In Our Image. . . . After Our Likeness: The Dr I "a for the Ass iw i lat ion

of Indian Court Systems." pp. 293-305.

Arizona Advisory Comiunittee to the II. S. (onumil ss ion un civil I ight s . ;Just ice in

Flagstaff: Are These Rights Tnal ineahlc'?(on reserve)

Angell , J. Alaskan Village Justice: An F'xploratory Study. lega I uid hid Ic Ia I

Services. Ion reserve)

Jolly, S. Pre1inar' Report on a Sirvey of Fine flefaimiters

Kenora District .Jail for Provincial Offences. (on rcserv'

I flcarc( rated in tile

''Just ice on the Northern Frontier: Iir I y Mt rk i

\RCFl 2nd 1, 3rd: NATIVE I NI) [AN IR I BAI ( X)1 IR'I : ' ( fltIRI.V0IK!

Brakel, S.J. The American Indian Tribal Court: The Costs of Separate Justice. 

ILavemann, P. "The Regina Native Counsel Project: A Civilian Perspective on the 

Delivery of Legal Services to People of Indian Ancestry in the City." pp. 268-281.. 

Lawrence, W.J. "Tribal Injustice: 

Th4

Lake 

Court of Indian Offenses." pp. 282-292. 

Morse, B.W. Indian Tribal Courts in the United 

States: 

A Model for Canada? (reserve) 

Task Force Analysis, 1974-75 Indian Reservation Criminal Justice. The Courts. 

(reserve). 

March 9: NATIVE INDIAN JUVENILE DELINC 

LaPrairie, C.P. and C.T. Grifihs. 

:NatiVe 

Indian .Juvenile Delinquency in a 

Northwestern Canadian Community. ('eee) 

Indian Child Welfare Act, of 1978. (Part III, casebook) 

MARCh 16: NATIVE INDIANS AND CORRE(TIONS 

Lane, E.B., et. al. "The Incarcerated Nftive." 

pp.

306314. 

"Canada Report Belittles Indians." 

"Finkler, H.W. "Corrections in the Northwest Territories, 967-1981, with a Focus 

on the Incarceration of Inuit Offenders." pp. 316-321. 

"Hylton, J.H. "Locking Up Indians in Saskatchewan: Some Implication 

,

; For Human 

Service Education and Programing." pp. 322-346; 

Angel 1 , J. ''Alaskan Village Justice: 

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An hxploratory Study. Prisoner I)ct ent ion and 

Corrections." (reserve) 

Alberta Board of Review. Native 

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op1e ia,tllc A1iin 1st r:tt ion of Just ice in the 

Provincial Courts of Alberta. (Native Peoples and the Courts." pp. 29-5(7freserve) 

Task Force Analysis, 1974-75. Indian Reservation Criminal JUstice. 

pi.

18-52; 

pp.

75

(reserve) 

MARCH 23: NATIVE INDIANS 

AND CORRECTIONS

(cont 'd.) 

Visit to Matsqui Institution, Native 1t1ian Brotherhood. 

MARCI I 30 

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31: NATIVE 

INDIAN

DEV1ANCIi: DUNKING, ,DIUJCS, SD I (:1 J.)IS AND T1Al:1: IC ACCI 1)E(IS 

Leland, J. Firewater Myths. 

Brody, II. ''To Drink on Skid Row." Pp. 317-351 

"Illustrations." pp. 355-3(1. 

"Conclusions." pp. 35-37U. 

May, P.A. "Susceptibility to Substance Abuse Among American Indians: 

Variat.

ion

Across Socio-ultura1 Settings." pp. 371-376. 

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Oetting, E.R. "Drug Use Among Native American Youth." 

pp.

377-394. 

Syer, D.S. "Suicide in the Native Indians of Canada." pp. 395-418. 

Jarvis, G.K. and M. Boldt. "Death Styles Among Canada's Indians." pp. 419-446. 

Reid, J., A. Dewit, and R. Matonovich. Public Drunkenness in Regina - A Search 

for Determinants and Solutions: Final Renort. Ireserve) 

Alberta Board of Review. Native People in the Administration of Justice iii the 

Provincial Courts of Alberta. pp. 34-61. 

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NATIVE NORTh AMERICANS: CRIME, DEVIANCE, AND CRIMINAL J1iSITCE 

RESERVE READINGS 

The following monographs and articles have been placed on four hour reserve 

in the library: (2 copies of each) 

Angell, J. Alaskan Village Justice: An Exploratory Study. Anchorage, Alaska: 

The Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska. (3 separate parts: 

Police Services, Legal and Judicial Services, Prisoner Detention and Corrections. 

79.

Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Justice 

in

Piigstaff: Are These Rights Inalienable? Tempe: Arizona Advisory Committee. 1977. 

Canadian Corrections Association. Indians and the Law. Ottawa: The Canadian 

Welfare Council. 1967. 

Finkler, H.W. North of 60: Inuit and the Administration of Criminal Justice in 

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the Northwest Territories - The Case of Frobisher Bay. Ottawa: Indian 

and

Northern Affairs. 1975. 

Griffiths, C.T., L.F. Weafer, and G.N. Williams. Native North Americans: Crime, 

Conflict, and Criminal Justice. 

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A Research BibTography. Burnahy, B.C.: 

Criminology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University. 1982. 

Indian Act. R.S.C. 1952, c. 149. 

Jolly, S. Preliminary Report on a Survey of Fine Defaulters Incarcerated in the 

Kenora District Jail for Provincial Offences. Toronto: The Ontario Native 

Council on Justice. 1981. 

Kirby, Mr. Justice W.L.C. (Chairman). Native People in the AdministratIon of 

Justice in the Provincial Courts of Alberta. Edmonton: Board of Review, 

Provincial Courts of Alberta. 1978. 

LaPrairie, C.P. and C.T. Griffiths. Native Indian Juvenile Delinquency in a 

Northwestern Canadian Community. Burnaby, B.C. Criminology Research Centre, 

Simon Fraser University. 1982. 

Morse, Bradford W. Indian Tribal Courts in the United States: A Model For 

Canada? Saskatoon: Native Indian Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 1980. 

Reid, J., A. Dewit, and R. Matonovich. 

for Determinants and Solutions: Final 

holism Commission. 1980. 

Public Drunkenness in Regina - A Search 

Report. Regina: Saskatchewan 

Reports on the National Conference and the Federal-Provincial Conference on 

Native Peoples and the Criminal Justice System. Native Peoples and Justice. 

Ottawa: Solicitor General of Canada. 1975. 

Schmciser, P.A. The Native Offender and the Law. Ottawa: law Refonn Commission 

of Canada. 1974. 

D.C. 

Task Force Analysis, 1974-7S. Indian Reservation Criminal Justice. Washington, 

Division of Law Enforcement Services, Bureauof Indian Affairs. 1975. 