In this outstanding new study Don Weatherburn confronts the data, appalling as they are,
with his characteristic plain speaking and good sense. No excuses are offered, or simple …

Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courts' changing
characterisations of Indigenous peoples' identity, culture and postcolonial status. Focusing …

With First Peoples and non–First Peoples scholars alike questioning the efficacy of research
methods based solely upon accepted social science research paradigms with Aboriginal …

Internationally, sentencing research has largely neglected the impact of Indigeneity on
sentencing outcomes. Using data from Western Australia's higher courts for the years 2003 …

Section 718.2 (e) of the Criminal Code of Canada requires judicial consideration of
Indigenous social context evidence in any setting in which an Indigenous person is facing a …

Following the high-profile murder of Jill Meagher in Victoria in 2012, parole is once again a
provocative topic in Australia. While there is a developed scholarly literature on decision …

This article posits a post-disciplinary framework to offer an alternative to the epistemological
premise of positivist criminology. We seek to destabilise the punitive, deficit analysis of …

Abstract Over-representation of First Nations peoples throughout criminal justice systems is
an ongoing critical public policy issue. Judicial sentencing is a pivotal process, which has …

In English-speaking western cultures the punitive attitudes towards law-breakers is well
documented. The present study examines the utility of predictors of punitive attitudes with …

Overall, reviews of international sentencing research conclude that offenders' race/ethnicity
has a direct effect on sentencing outcomes. Although specific research on Indigenous status …