Necropolitics and the violence of Indigenous incarceration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8252716
AutoresKirstie Broadfield, Kirstie Broadfıeld (autor de correspondencia), Glenn Dawes (0000-0002-3082-521X), Mark David Chong (0000-0001-5401-6268)
Año2021
Volumen3
Número1
Páginas5-26
Fecha de publicación2021-05-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDecolonization of Criminology and Justice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2703-1861 • E-ISSN: 2703-1861
DOI10.24135/dcj.v3i1.26
OpenAlexW3103738243
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas8

Since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, over thirty years ago, there have been over 400 Indigenous deaths in custody, with 28% of the Australian prison population identifying as Indigenous. Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system continues to be an unresolved issue despite varying attempts to reduce the high incidence of incarceration experienced by Indigenous Australians. This paper proposes a fresh approach to analysing the violence of Indigenous incarceration using the theory of necropolitics. The paper represents a critical discussion of a work-in-progress of how an analytical framework based on necropolitics has the potential to elevate the often-silenced voices of vulnerable populations, such as Indigenous Australians, within the criminal justice system. This is because the proposed study will present a multi-level analysis of the overt and covert forms of violence perpetrated against Indigenous Australians within the criminal justice system and unlock the potential of exposing the extent to which unequal relations of power contribute to these forms of violence. The significance of this research therefore lies in its capacity to provide policymakers with deeper insights into how such forms of violence impact upon and further disempower Indigenous Australians in the Australian criminal justice system

Covert · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Population · Power (physics · Prison · Prison population · Representation (politics · Royal Commission · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Demography · Law