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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Marchetti, Elena, author.
Imprint:	London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave studies in race, ethnicity, indigeneity and criminal justice Palgrave studies in race, ethnicity, indigeneity and criminal justice.
Subject:	Intimate partner violence -- Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Violence against. Intimate partner violence -- Law and legislation -- Australia. Intimate partner violence. Australia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455881

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ISBN:	9781137580634 1137580631 9781349845422 1349845426 9781349845415 1349845418 9781137580627 1137580623
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 2, 2019).
Summary:	This book examines the use and impact of Australian indigenous sentencing courts in response to indigenous partner violence. In operation in Australia since 1999, these courts were first established by a magistrate in South Australia who sought to improve court communication and understanding, and trust in the criminal justice system for indigenous people. Indigenous Courts, Culture and Partner Violence is the first book to consider how the transformation of a sentencing process into one that better reflects indigenous cultural values can improve outcomes for both victims and offenders of indigenous partner violence. It asks which aspects of the sentencing process are most important in influencing a change in attitude and behaviour of indigenous offenders who repeatedly engage in abusive behaviour towards their partner, and what types of justice process better meets the relationship, rehabilitative and safety needs of indigenous partner violence offenders and their victims? Marchetti examines the adaptation of a formal sentencing process to make it more culturally meaningful when responding to indigenous partner violence, and gauges victim and offender views about how the court process has affected their lives and relationships, and elicits their views of violence within their communities. This innovative work will be of great interest to academics, researchers, policy makers, police, lawyers, family violence service providers and students.
Other form:	Print version: Marchetti, Elena. Indigenous courts, culture and partner violence. London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019] 1137580623 9781137580627
Standard no.:	10.1057/978-1-137-58063-4 10.1057/978-1-137-58

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Partner violence
global, legal and indigenous perspectives
Indegineous and domestic and family violence specialist courts
Indegenous sentencing courts in two Australian states
The role of elders and community representatives and how it impacts on perceptions of justice
Couples who stayed together
Couples who separated
De-colonising 'what works'.