Healing colonial binaries
A ‘needs-based’ approach to Aboriginal persons found unfit to stand trial on the basis of Fasd
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 14970912 |
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| Autores | Zoe Bush (Law School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2017 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 401-429 |
| Data de publicação | 2017-07-03 |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2017.1436373 |
| OpenAlex | W2790385999 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 19 |
Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), and inadequate legal responses to FASD associated impairments, are a critical factor in the complex web of issues responsible for the over-representation of Aboriginal persons in the criminal legal system. In Western Australia (WA), one such inadequate response is the potential for indefinite detention of Aboriginal persons with FASD found unfit to stand trial. This article proposes the optimal realisation of principles underlying the doctrine of fitness to stand trial through a ‘needs-based’ approach. FASD is a symptom and legacy of colonisation. Consequently, a response to Aboriginal persons with FASD must address two needs: the ‘needs' of persons affected by FASD, and the ‘need’ for decolonisation. This article uses emergent research on jurisdiction to analyse colonial criminal legal systems through a jurisdictional lens, and identifies opportunities for decoloniality through the creation of ‘engagement spaces’ between Aboriginal laws and non-Aboriginal laws. The emergence of such spaces is posited in the Kimberley region of WA. Ultimately, this article proposes a disposal for unfit Aboriginal persons with FASD that realises a ‘needs-based’ approach
Colonialism · Criminology · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology
Jurisdiction
Examining Child Maltreatment Through a Neurodevelopmental Lens
Risk Factors for Adverse Life Outcomes in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects
Aboriginal mothering, Fasd prevention and the contestations of neoliberal citizenship
Aboriginal peoples, colonialism and international law
Learning to read the signs
Diversionary Pathways for Indigenous Youth with Fasd in Western Australia
Indefinite Detention Meets Colonial Dispossession
Encountering Development
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