Victorian criminal justice system fails ATSI youth / Michael Mackay
- Bib ID:
- 88063
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mackay, Michael
- Description:
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- Clayton, Vic. : Koorie Research Centre, Monash University, 1996
- 16 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0732610028
- Series:
- Discussion paper (Monash University. Koorie Research Centre) ; no. 1/1996.
- Summary:
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Examines data from Victoria Police for the years 1993/94 and 1994/95 which show alarming increases in the levels of processing of Aboriginal juveniles as alleged offenders; comparative statistics for non-Aboriginal juveniles show disparities in the way they and Aboriginal juveniles as alleged offenders are processed; discusses statistics in the light of recommendations 239 and 62 of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
- Subject:
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- Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Victoria -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Youth -- Victoria -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Criminal justice, administration of -- Victoria
- Corrections -- Victoria
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Victoria
- Juvenile delinquency -- Australia
- Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
- Law enforcement - Custody - Deaths in custody - Royal Commission
- Crime - Against persons
- Law enforcement - Police-youth relations
- Crime - Against property
- Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure
- Crime - Against public order
- Victoria (Vic)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Monash University. Koorie Research Centre
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1996
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