essay
Crime and criminal actions in the Palau Islands
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2009 • Pages:
By: Kubary, J. S. (Jan Stanislaw).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses Belauan culture and society as observed by the author in the early 1880s. Themes covered include traditional history, status and role of chiefs, kinship stem, family life, gender and sexuality, property inheritance, and crime and social control. Originally published in Die Mikronesian Kolonien aus ethnologischen Gesichtspunken in 1900, the document was translated to English for HRAF.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Legal norms
- Crime
- Inter-community relations
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Sex and marital offenses
- Offenses against life
- Suicide
- Execution of justice
- Gender status
- Sexuality
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Belau
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1882
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1882-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Belau
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. S. Kubary
- Translation of: [Die Verbrechen und das Strafverfahren auf den Palau-Inseln]
- Originally published in Die Mikronesian Kolonien aus ethnologischen Gesichtspunken. A. Bastian, ed. 2: 1-36. Berlin. 1900.
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palauans