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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1987
This transcript presents testimony and prepared statements regarding H.R. 3826, which proposes to amend Title 18 of the United States Code to make felonious sexual molestation of a minor an offense within American Indian country. Representative Rick Boucher, author of the legislation, indicated that, while the bill would extend to Indians the same…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Abuse, Court Litigation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1986
A hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning S. 1818, a bill to prevent sexual molestation of children in Indian country, provides a forum for witnesses and describes a child advocacy program. Three witnesses from Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, describe incidence and characteristics of sexual abuse on the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Abuse
Torres, Angelina Moreno – 1983
The 26 papers focus on child abuse issues affecting the Mexican American family. The keynote address notes various issues in child abuse and neglect among Mexican Americans. Three papers discuss Mexican American families in transition, adjustment of the family into the Mexican American barrio and vice versa, and the effects of sexual assault on…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
