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Author Cunneen, Chris, 1953-

Title Criminal justice in north-west New South Wales / Chris Cunneen, Tom Robb
Published Sydney : N.S.W. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 1987

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 W'BOOL  364.042099449 Cun/Cji  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Series General report series ; 12
General report series ; 12
Contents 1. The claims of a law and order crisis : Introduction -- Summary of complaints -- The first law and order forum -- The delegation to state parliament -- The Bourke 'Riot' -- The second law and order meeting in Dubbo -- Evaluating the claims of a law and order crisis -- Structure of the report -- 2. The Orana region: Demographic, economic and social background : Introduction -- Population characteristics -- The Orana region: unempoyment -- Other social indicators in Orana -- Summary -- 3. Crime statistics for Dubbo during the crime wave : Crime statistics: some problems -- Police accepted reports of crime -- Crime rates in Dubbo and other country police districts -- Patterns of crime in Dubbo, 1983/84 to 1984/85 -- Summary -- 4. Analysis of more recent crime statistics : The 1985/86 crime figures -- Some factors not included in police statistics -- Analysis of police charge books 1985/86 -- Summary of police charge book statistics -- Commentary on Aboriginal over-representation -- 5. Analysis of court records : Sentencing and recidivism --The Orana courts and N.S.W. -- Aborigines and the Orana courts -- 6. Juvenile justice in Orna region : Introduction -- Juvenile criminal matters in the Orana region -- A comparison of juvenile criminal matters for N.S.W. and the Orana, Murrumbidgee and Clarence regions -- Charges in police procedures for dealing with juveniles: the impact on Orana -- Juvenile criminal charges in selected Orana townships -- Public order and juvenile offences -- Summary -- 7. A survey of unreported crime in Dubbo : background -- Aims -- Methodology -- Levels of unrepotred crime -- Levels of concern about crime -- Opinions on the criminal justice system -- The general perception of crime in Dubbo -- Respondents information about crime -- Summary -- 8. Aborigines and law and order in North-West N.S.W. : Introduction -- An account of the Bourke riot -- The extent of police intervention into Aboriginal life -- 'Law and order' and the 'social visibility' of Aboriginal people in historical perspective -- Summary -- Appendices : Documents relating to law and order meetings -- Arrests for miscellaneous public order offences -- Court outcomes for offence groups -- Regional comparisons of juvenile criminal matters -- Interviews
Summary Report on claims of law and order crisis in 1985; demographic, economic and social background; analysis of crime statistics, court reports; juvenile crime; police /community relations; focus on Dubbo, Brewarrina, Bourke , Walgett, Wellington; discrimination
Notes Bibliography
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 223-229
Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Orana Region (N.S.W.) -- Crime
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Orana -- Crime
Aboriginal Australians -- Orana, New South Wales -- Crime
Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Aboriginal Australians -- Population.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Orana
Criminals -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Orana
Crime -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Orana
Crime -- Australia -- Orana Region (N.S.W.)
Crime -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Criminal statistics -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Orana Region (N.S.W.)
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Orana
Criminal justice, Administration of -- New South Wales, Northwestern
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Orana, New South Wales
Criminals -- Orana, New South Wales
Juvenile delinquency -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Law enforcement -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Police -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Race discrimination -- Australia.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Author Robb, Tom.
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
LC no. 88111273
ISBN 073054611X