In Australia, indigenous people comprise approximately 19 percent of the prison population. The Indigenous rate of imprisonment is 14 times the non-Indigenous rate. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, March Quarter 2001). The extent and complexity of factors contributing to this over-representation of indigenous people in the criminal justice system may be related to: · a long history of differences and conflicts in relations between indigenous and non- indigenous peoples, including connection with civil authority; · significant cultural factors including the place of ‘community ’ in the lives of indigenous people; and · a multiplicity of issues including health, housing, food quality and education which together have created a persisting lev...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focused on whether there is statistical equality...
This introduction presents some of the key themes and factors associated with rates of over-represen...
Despite the investment by governments to reduce incarceration, Indigenous Australians have continued...
Concern about the over-representation of Indigenous people in Australia's criminal justice system is...
Over 14 per cent of Australia's prison population are of Indigenous origin. Nationally, Aborigi...
Over 14 per cent of Australia's prison population are of Indigenous origin. Nationally, Aborigi...
Since the conclusion of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) in 1991 the...
over-represented at all stages of the criminal justice system in Australia. There are many suggested...
For decades, Australian criminologists have cited crime statistics to illustrate the extreme disadva...
At the end of the 20th century, Australia’s first Aboriginal court was established to sentence indig...
iii Factors underlying Indigenous arrest rates PREFACE Ten years after the Royal Commission into Abo...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focussed on whether there is statistical equalit...
The over‐representation and increased growth of Indigenous offenders in all Western criminal justice...
The 2011 Australian census reveals that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples comprise 0.7% ...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focused on whether there is statistical equality...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focused on whether there is statistical equality...
This introduction presents some of the key themes and factors associated with rates of over-represen...
Despite the investment by governments to reduce incarceration, Indigenous Australians have continued...
Concern about the over-representation of Indigenous people in Australia's criminal justice system is...
Over 14 per cent of Australia's prison population are of Indigenous origin. Nationally, Aborigi...
Over 14 per cent of Australia's prison population are of Indigenous origin. Nationally, Aborigi...
Since the conclusion of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) in 1991 the...
over-represented at all stages of the criminal justice system in Australia. There are many suggested...
For decades, Australian criminologists have cited crime statistics to illustrate the extreme disadva...
At the end of the 20th century, Australia’s first Aboriginal court was established to sentence indig...
iii Factors underlying Indigenous arrest rates PREFACE Ten years after the Royal Commission into Abo...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focussed on whether there is statistical equalit...
The over‐representation and increased growth of Indigenous offenders in all Western criminal justice...
The 2011 Australian census reveals that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples comprise 0.7% ...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focused on whether there is statistical equality...
In Australia, sentencing researchers have generally focused on whether there is statistical equality...
This introduction presents some of the key themes and factors associated with rates of over-represen...
Despite the investment by governments to reduce incarceration, Indigenous Australians have continued...