Alternative Sentencing Strategies for Tribal Court Involved Youth

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Alternative Sentencing Strategies for Tribal
Court Involved Youth

• Framework for the development of Tribal youth
  offender treatment services

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Defining your goal

• Punitive vs. non-punitive consequences
• Focus on desired outcomes
• Best practice approaches
• Understanding and empathy ? Traditional values
• Responsibility factor- Community restorative
  efforts.
• Role of Court, Law enforcement, Tribe
• Provide options and opportunities.

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Punitive measures

• Lock them up mentality
• Who does this benefit?
• What does it cost?
• How effective is it?
• What are the other positives and negatives?
• Learning from others?
• How standard is this process in present Tribal
  law and order codes?

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Focus on desired outcomes

• Review past experiences- what has worked? Do we
  have a positive or negative history and
  involvement working with juvenile offenders? Do
  we have data available to determine this?
• What should we change? How should this be done?
  What positive outcomes are desired? Whom has been
  involved in making this decision? Do we have
  available leadership to sustain the change and
  development effort? Who should be involved?
• Consider formal strategic planning efforts.

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Focus on best practice programs and approaches

• It is important to acknowledge that no best
  practice Juvenile offender programs or blueprints
  are available that have involved exclusively
  Tribal youth as clients.
• Dr. Del Elliott from University of Colorado has
  lead a study that has determined 11 blueprint
  highly effective programs where some of the
  clientele are Native American youth.
• Additional research is necessary to determine
  best practice research work in Tribal
  communities.
• Some evidence is available that suggests some
  Tribal Juvenile Justice programs are effective in
  their communities and warrant additional
  consideration for replication. These unofficial
  promising practice programs should be
  considered for replication.

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The ORCA PRIDE storyA Powerpoint presentation

• Why was ORCA PRIDE started?
• Who started ORCA PRIDE?
• How long did it take to start ORCA PRIDE?
• How was ORCA PRIDE funded?
• What happened after ORCA PRIDE was started?
• What were the sustainable outcomes of ORCA PRIDE
  on the community?

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Honoring and acknowledgement to the ORCA PRIDE
development team

• Carol Rose, CDP, Adolescent Chemical dependency
  specialist.
• Jeanette MA, Certified A.R.T., Certified Art
  Therapist, Mental Health Therapist
• Scott Moon, Recreational, Physical Health
  specialist
• Dianna Purser, Elder, Cultural Consultant,
  Truancy prevention worker
• Linn Guard, Program manager
• Arnette Holloway, MA, Consultation and
  grantsmanship
• Candi Ives Seachord, Tribal Court Administrator