Statutes | Crow Tribe of Montana Law and Order Code Title 9 Part 7 ยง 9-7-101 | 2019
This Chapter shall be liberally interpreted and construed to fulfill the following expressed purposes:
(1) To preserve and retain the family unit whenever possible. To provide for the care, protection, and wholesome mental and physical development of youth offenders who are within the provisions of this code
(2) To recognize that alcohol and substance abuse among youths is a disease which is both preventable and treatable
(3) To provide a program of supervision, care and rehabilitation, consistent with the protection of the reservation
(4) To achieve the purposes of this code utilizing the family unit whenever possible and to separate the youth from the family unit only when necessary for the youths welfare or to protect public safety
(5) To clearly provide the juvenile offender with services under this code and to provide appropriate and distinct dispositional options for treatment and rehabilitation
(6) To provide judicial and other procedures through which the provisions of this code are executed and enforced and in which the parties are assured a fair hearing and their civil and other legal rights are protected under the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 and statutory rights under the Crow Tribal Code for the Crow Reservation
(7) To provide a continuum of services for youths and their families from prevention to residential treatment, with emphasis whenever possible on prevention, early intervention and community-based alternatives and
(8) To provide a forum where an Indian youth who is an enrolled or enrollable member of the Crow Tribe and is charged in other jurisdictions may be referred for adjudication and/or disposition.