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Imprint:	Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Issues in society ; 445 Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; 445.
Subject:	Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Criminal justice system. Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Criminal justice, Administration of. Australia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355609

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Other authors / contributors:	Healey, Justin, editor.
ISBN:	9781925339918 1925339912 9781925339901 1925339904
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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?
Other form:	Print version: Indigenous people and criminal justice. Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, [2019] 9781925339901

Table of Contents:

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

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