INTRODUCTION Sovereignty of the Soul

Accounts from theNew York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and other sources have used the adjective “epidemic” to describe the extremely high rates of violence perpetrated against Native women.¹ To make sense of the statistical data that consistently show that Native women experience...

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Published in:	The Beginning and End of Rape p. ix
Main Author:	Deer, Sarah
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	United States University of Minnesota Press 01-11-2015
Subjects:	Behavioral sciences Communities Crime Criminal law Criminal offenses Criminology Disease outbreaks Domestic violence Epidemics Epidemiology Government Health and wellness Health sciences Human behavior Human societies Jurisprudence Law Law reform Legal systems Legislation Local government Political science Public health Rape Sexual assault Sexual misconduct Sexual offenses Sexual violence Social groups Sociology Statutory law Tribal governments Violence Violence against women Violent crimes
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Summary:	Accounts from theNew York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and other sources have used the adjective “epidemic” to describe the extremely high rates of violence perpetrated against Native women.¹ To make sense of the statistical data that consistently show that Native women experience the highest per capita rate of rape in the nation, journalists and activists have adopted a word we are accustomed to seeing within the context of disease outbreaks such as HIV or Ebola. I think we’ve been using the wrong word. It’s understandable: the wordepidemicis used to attract attention to a particular problem
ISBN:	0816696330 9780816696338