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Author Healey, Justin.

Title Indigenous Australians and the law / edited by Justin Healey
Published Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
regular print
Series Issues in society ; v. 248
Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 248
Contents Ch.1. Indigenous people and the criminal justice system -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: contact with the law -- Causes of indigenous contact with the justice system --Suicide fear frees blacks -- Deaths in custody -- Indigenous courts and justice practices in Australia --Indigenous sentencing courts in Australia -- Elders in court 'a more just system' -- Equal before the law -- Defining Aboriginal customary law -- Arguments for and against recognition of Aboriginal customary law by the general criminal law -- Ethnics roped into tribal law ban -- One law for all -- Racial discrimination may be in order -- When jail looks like a lifestyle option -- Ch.2. Indigenous violence and abuse -- Violence against black women, children on the rise -- Murder rate high for black women -- Indigenous victims of violence -- Child abuse and neglect in Indigenous Australian communities -- Culture of violence that must change -- Neglect to blame, not the culture -- Right from wrong: crime and Aboriginal culture -- Excuse of tribal law to be axed -- Aborigines fear 'new paternalism' -- Tribal law 'no excuse for sex abuse' -- Rights of Indigenous women and children must come first -- Safer kids, safer communities -- Law and order is only part of the solution -- Glossary
Summary As contact with law enforcement both reflects and leads to social, cultural and economic disadvantage, solutions need to be found to break the cycle. What are some constructive approaches to addressing Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system
Analysis Criminal justice
Violence
Crime
Aboriginal culture
Statistics
Interstate comparisons
Aboriginal offenders
Aboriginal crime
Aboriginal customary law
Aboriginal community courts
Aboriginal community justice
Aboriginal rights
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Alternative sentencing
Aboriginal violence
Aboriginal family violence
Criminal justice system effectiveness
Aborigines
Torres Strait Islanders
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Audience For secondary school students
Subject Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Customary law -- Australia.
Indigenous women -- Social conditions.
Indigenous children -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal law
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Torres Strait Islanders -- Law and legislation.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
Indigenous peoples -- Law and legislation.
Author Healey, Justin.
ISBN 9781920801588 paperback
1920801588 paperback