Year: 1992 Source: New York: Auburn House, 1992. 167p. SIEC No: 19920404

The purpose of this book is to provide a systematic & detailed examination of homicide, family violence & suicide in contemporary American Indian society. The research presented is sociological in its focus; it examines the social structural factors which relate to the incidence of this violence. After estimating incidence & prevalence rates for each of these forms of violence, the author moves on to examine the causes & correlates of each.