| Description |
x, 144 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Royal Commission into aboriginal deaths in custody -- 1.2 The recent history of the criminal justice system and its impact upon Aboriginals -- 1.3 The Aboriginal population -- 1.4 General explanations of Aboriginal crime -- 1.5 Reducing the imbalance: self-help strategies and economic equity -- 1.6 Overview -- 2. Aboriginal cdrime victims -- 2.1 Sources of information -- 2.2 Victim surveys -- 2.3 Crimes reported to police -- 2.4 Summary -- 3. Police activity and Aborigines -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Police apprehensions -- 3.3 Police custody -- 3.4 Police cautioning -- 3.5 Location of apprehensions -- 3.6 Risks of re-arrest -- 3.7 Summary -- 4. Aborigines in the courts -- 4.1 Young Aborigines and the Children's Court -- 4.2 Courts of Petty Sessions, 1992 -- 4.3 Higher courts -- 4.4 Summary: the sentencing role of the courts -- 5. Imprisoned Aborigines -- 5.1 Juveniles in detention -- 5.2 Adult imprisonment -- 5.3 Probabilities of re-imprisonment -- 5.4 Police lock-ups -- 5.5 Deaths in custody -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. Aborigines and community-based correction -- 6.1 Trends -- 6.2 Community service and probation orders -- 6.3 Work and development orders -- 6.4 Parole -- 6.5 Home detention -- 6.6 Interstate comparisons -- 6.7 Summary -- 7. The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system -- 7.1 Aboriginal crime and victimisation patterns -- 7.2 Police contacts, diversion mechanisms and the RCIADIC -- 7.3 The courts, the recommendations of the RCIADIC, and the proposed new sentencing legislation for Western Australia -- 7.4 Imprisonment patterns and their implications for the RCIADIC recommendations -- 7.5 Aborigines and community-based corrections: implications for the RCIADIC recommendations -- 7.6 Summary -- 8. Conclusions -- Bibliography and references |
| Summary |
Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system |
| Analysis |
Aborigines |
|
Courts |
|
Criminal justice |
|
Imprisonment |
|
Policing |
|
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody |
|
Victims of crime |
|
Western Australia |
| Notes |
At foot of title: Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 136-144 |
| Subject |
Australia. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Crime
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Crimes against.
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system -- Australia -- Western Australia.
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system.
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Western Australia.
|
|
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Criminal justice system
|
|
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Western Australia.
|
|
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
|
|
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Western Australia.
|
|
Prison homicide -- Australia.
|
|
Prisoners -- Australia -- Death.
|
| Author |
Harding, Richard, 1939-
|
|
University of Western Australia. Crime Research Centre.
|
| LC no. |
96147334 |
| ISBN |
1876067012 |
|
