In this collection of essays emanating from the Southern Ute Indian Community Safety Survey, differences in attitudes and behaviors between Native American Indians and non-Indians are examined. Significant differences in attitudes and behaviors were found between the two ethnic and cultural groups. Culture, it was further found, plays a significant role in these differences. I thank Paul Jesilow, Gilbert Geis, Joan Petersilia, Kitty Calavita, and Valerie Jenness for excellent mentoring while a graduate student at the University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology, Department of Criminology, Law and Society. All errors contained herein, however, are solely those of the author.