Changing the Neo-Colonial Impacts of Juvenile Justice

Bibliographic Data

ID15310040
AuthorsChris Cunneen (0000-0002-3348-9282, NewSouth Global Chair in Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference on the Tenth Anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report. Indigenous Law Centre, Crime and Justice Research Network, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales and the Human Rights Equal Opportunity Commission, 28 September 2007, Customs House, Circular Quay, Sydney., corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume20
Issue1
Pages43-58
Publication date2008-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1034-5329 • E-ISSN: 2206-9542
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10345329.2008.12056186
OpenAlexW1481584679
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited2

While there have been some progressive changes in Australian juvenile justice in recent years including developments in youth justice conferencing, more consistent and widely available diversionary options, and a longer term decline in juvenile incarceration rates, these changes have not tended to affect the contact of Indigenous young people with the justice system. The paper analyses why more punitive approaches to law and order (such as a greater reliance on custodial remand) and a greater bifurcation between less serious offenders and repeat offenders is having a particularly negative impact on Indigenous youth. It concludes with a consideration of some of the more promising developments concerning Indigenous young people in youth justice

Criminology · Economic Justice · Indigenous · Juvenile · Juvenile delinquency · Political science · Punitive damages · Remand (court procedure · Sociology · Supreme court · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law

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