Research Catalog

Title

Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system and the impact of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody / Richard W. Harding ... [et al.]

Publication

Sydney : Hawkins Press, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Harding, Richard, 1939-
• University of Western Australia. Crime Research Centre

Description

vii, 144 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system.

Uniform Title

Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system in Western Australia.

Subject

• Australia. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
• Aboriginal Australians > Criminal justice system
• Aboriginal Australians > Western Australia > Statistics
• Aboriginal Australians > Crimes against > Western Australia > Statistics
• Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Western Australia > Statistics
• Prisoners > Western Australia > Mortality > Statistics

Note

• "Enhanced and updated version of ... Aboriginal contact with the criminal justice system in Western Australia: a statistical profile"--P. [ix].
• "The Crime Research Centre, The University of Western Australia."--T.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-144).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

1876067012 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 34602425
• SCSB-12836358

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library