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This book is a 1990 account of the ways in which young Aborigines were at a disadvantage before laws and legislation had been introduced, intended to improve their position. Aboriginal Youth and the Criminal Justice System focuses on South Australia, where detailed statistics are available, in a sophisticated analysis of the exact nature of the discrimination experienced by young Aborigines. Fay Gale, Rebecca Bailey-Harris and Joy Wundersitz examine the criminal justice system in operation; from the initial intervention by a police officer, through the process of screening and assessment to the final outcome - which all too often is a criminal record. The research clearly shows that at every point where discretion was exercised within this system, Aboriginal youths received the harsher option. Thus disadvantage is heaped on disadvantage until young Aboriginals were imprisoned at 23 times the rate of other young Australians. Even for those who escaped detention, participation in the criminal justice system was often such an ordeal that it became a form of punishment in itself. Discretion, though preferable to inflexible rules could operate against a group whose lifestyle and values differed from mainstream society.
Aboriginal Australians --- Criminal justice system --- Youth --- Australian aborigines - Criminal justice system. --- Australian aborigines - Youth. --- Youth, Aboriginal Australian --- Aboriginal Australian youth --- Youth, Australian aboriginal --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Law --- General and Others --- Youth, Aboriginal Australian. --- Criminal justice system.
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Indigenous Australians are among the most incarcerated people on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 2% of all Australians, yet constitute more than a quarter of the nation’s prison population. Over-representation in the criminal justice system by Indigenous men, women and young people is a persistent and growing problem. What are the reasons for these high imprisonment rates; and what reforms are being proposed to reduce Indigenous people’s contact with the criminal justice system? Are ‘tough on crime’ policies flouting deaths in custody recommendations and further entrenching Indigenous disadvantage before the law? After the recent Northern Territory Royal Commission, prompted by the exposure of shocking abuses, has anything changed in relation to youth detention? This book examines the latest research and statistics on Indigenous imprisonment, and reviews progress on addressing Aboriginal deaths in custody recommendations and reforming the detention of young Indigenous people. How can governments reduce incarceration and commit to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to implement overdue interventions? What will it take to unlock the problems of Indigenous inequality and over-representation in the criminal justice system?
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Indian courts --- Sentences (Criminal procedure) --- Indians of North America --- Criminal justice system.
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Indian courts --- Sentences (Criminal procedure) --- Indians of North America --- Criminal justice system.
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Aboriginal Australians --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Violent crimes --- Criminal justice system --- Social conditions
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Missing persons --- Murder --- Indians of North America --- Investigation --- Criminal justice system. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Investigation. --- United States.
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