The 'civilizing mission' : race and the construction of crime / Greta Bird
- Bib ID:
- 278622
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bird, Greta
- Description:
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- Clayton, Vic. : Faculty of Law, Monash University, c1987
- 66 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0867466065
- Series:
- Contemporary legal issues ; no. 4.
- Summary:
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Research; Aborigines in the criminal justice system in some SA and WA towns; dispossession; racism; alcohol abuse, decriminalisation of drunkenness; indecent language; police/Aboriginal relations; Aboriginal Legal Services; customary law.
- Notes:
- Bibliography : p. [61]-66.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Crime
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia
- Race discrimination -- Australia
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Criminal justice system
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Criminal justice system
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- South Australia
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Western Australia
- Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
- Law - Relation to Anglo Australian law
- Race relations - Racial discrimination
- Substance use - Law and legislation
- Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure
- Law - Legal aid services
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Crime - Criminology
- Western Australia (WA)
- South Australia (SA)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Monash University. Faculty of Law
- Also Titled:
- Race and the construction of crime
- Copyright:
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