Reservation residents provided comments on whether tribal members reported domestic violence to tribal police or non-tribal police in bot...
Reservation residents provided comments on whether tribal members reported domestic violence to tribal police or non-tribal police in both Public Law 280 and non-Public Law 280 jurisdictions. The question is open ended, but most respondents answered with a yes, no, or sometimes, often adding additional comments to explain their viewpoints. Ninety-two Public Law 280 reservation residents commented on whether tribal members reported incidents of domestic violence to Public Law 280 tribal police departments. Sixty-five Public Law 280 reservation residents (70.6%) say tribal members report incidents of domestic violence to Public Law 280 tribal police. Seventeen Public Law 280 reservation-resident respondents (18.5%) say tribal members do not report domestic violence crimes to tribal police, and 8 (8.7%) say tribal members sometimes report domestic violence incidents to tribal police. Two respondents declined to answer the question. Most Public Law 280 reservation-resident respondents say that tribal members report incidents of domestic violence to tribal police, if they have a tribal police department. 321 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S.
Department of Justice. One hundred thirty-eight Public Law 280 reservation residents commented on whether tribal members report domestic violence incidents to Public Law 280 state/county police, and 38 (27.5%) answered affirmatively. Seventy-two Public Law 280 reservation residents (52.2%) say that tribal members do not report domestic violence issues to state or county police. Twentythree respondents (16.7%) say tribal members report domestic violence incidents to state/county police only sometimes, while 5 respondents could not answer the question. Most Public Law 280 reservation residents, slightly more than 50%, say that tribal members are reluctant to report domestic violence incidents to Public Law 280 state or county police.
Forty-nine non-Public Law 280 reservation residents answered the question, and 31 (63.3%) say tribal members will report domestic violence incidents to non-Public Law 280 tribal police. Five non-Public Law 280 respondents (10.2%) say that tribal members will not report domestic violence to non-Public Law 280 tribal police, and 9 respondents (18.4%) say tribal members sometimes will report domestic violence incidents to tribal police. Four respondents could not answer the question. Most non-Public Law 280 reservation residents say that tribal members report domestic violence issues to tribal police. Thirty-four non-Public Law 280 reservation residents commented on whether tribal members report domestic violence to non-Public Law 280 federal-BIA police, and 14 of them (41.1%) affirm tribal members report domestic violence to federal-BIA police.
Nine non-Public Law 280 reservation residents (26.5%) say tribal members do not report domestic violence to federal-BIA police, while 9 (26.5%) say tribal members report domestic violence to federal-BIA police sometimes. Most non-Public Law 280 reservation residents say that tribal members are reluctant to report domestic violence incidents to federal-BIA police. If we put the two groups of reservation residents together from Public Law 280 and nonPublic Law 280 jurisdictions, a pattern is evident. Most reservation residents say that tribal members are willing to report domestic violence incidents to tribal police, but are reluctant to report domestic violence incidents to non-Public Law 280 federal-BIA police and Public Law 280 county police. We next investigate jurisdiction and police department effects on the willingness of tribal members to report to domestic violence incidents to police. According to reservation residents, does the willingness of tribal members to report domestic violence to police vary by Public Law 280 or non-Public Law 280 jurisdiction, or by tribal or non-tribal police department? The data lend themselves to a 2x2x2 log-linear analysis for jurisdiction, police department, and domestic violence crime reporting.
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