New Report Says Violence Down in Indian Country, Non-Violent Crime Up

This story was filed on October 26, 2012

A new report on tribal crime data collection activities, put out by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, confirms that tribal land is more violent than non-tribal land in the United States. The report states that in 2010, 4.8 million people…read more

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