Conflict, Politics and Crime - Aboriginal Communities and the Police

A thought-provoking analysis of how Indigenous people are policed and what effect this has on their communities.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

List of acronyms

List of tables

1. Introduction

2. The criminalisation of indigenous people

3. The nature of colonial policing

4. From over-policing to zero tolerance

5. Terror, violence and the abuse of human rights

6. Police culture and the use of discretion

7. Policing indigenous women

8. Governance and the policing of contested space

9. The reform of policing policies

10. Policing and postcolonial self-determination

Conclusion

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Chris Cunneen is Associate Professor in Criminology and Director of the Institute of Criminology, Sydney University Law School. He has published widely on Aboriginal people and the criminal justice system, and is the co-author of Indigenous People and the Law in Australia (1995) and Juvenile Justice: An Australian Perspective (1995). He co-edited Faces of Hate: Essays on the incidence and nature of hate crime in Australia (1997).

Summary

A thought-provoking analysis of how Indigenous people are policed and what effect this has on their communities.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Cunneen, Cunneen Chris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367717773
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71777-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to First Nations peoples in Australia