Indigenous courts, culture and partner violence / Elena Marchetti.
This book examines the use and impact of Australian indigenous sentencing courts in response to indigenous partner violence. In operation in Australia since 1999, these courts were first established by a magistrate in South Australia who sought to improve court communication and understanding, and t...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in race, ethnicity, indigeneity and criminal justice.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Partner violence
- global, legal and indigenous perspectives
- Indegineous and domestic and family violence specialist courts
- Indegenous sentencing courts in two Australian states
- The role of elders and community representatives and how it impacts on perceptions of justice
- Couples who stayed together
- Couples who separated
- De-colonising 'what works'