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Indigenous people and criminal justice /

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 you...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Healey, Justin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, [2019]
Colección:Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; 445.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Chapter 1
  • Indigenous incarceration rates; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner characteristics; Prisoner numbers up 4 per cent from previous year; Australian justice system overhaul needed to address Indigenous incarceration, inquiry finds; Pathways to Justice report; Causes of high imprisonment rates; Indigenous incarceration: Pathways to Justice report recommendations; Community groups call for action on Indigenous incarceration rates; We need evidence-based law reform to reduce rates of Indigenous incarceration
  • As Indigenous incarceration rates keep rising, justice reinvestment offers a solutionIPA report: Indigenous Australians and the criminal justice system; Indigenous Australians and the criminal justice system; Are Indigenous Australians the most incarcerated people on Earth?; Costs of Indigenous incarceration; Indigenous imprisonment and violence: blueprint for change; Chapter 2
  • Aboriginal deaths in custody; Indigenous deaths in custody: 25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody; Review into the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report
  • Joint response to review of implementation of deaths in custody recommendationsAction still needed on deaths in custody Royal Commission recommendations; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody: a national shame set to worsen; Progress on deaths in custody questioned; How 'tough on crime' politics flouts deaths in custody recommendations; Chapter 3
  • Indigenous youth detention; Detention rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people; Fewer under youth justice supervision, but Indigenous over-representation rising
  • Don Dale Royal Commission demands sweeping change
  • is there political will to make it happen?Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory; One year on from Royal Commission findings on Northern Territory child detention: what has changed?; Free to be Kids
  • national plan of action; A brighter tomorrow: keeping Indigenous kids in the community and out of detention in Australia; Exploring issues
  • worksheets and activities; Fast facts; Glossary; Web links; Index