xxii, 429 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
1. The problem of Indigenous over-representation in prison -- 2. A sort history of Indigenous imprisonment - - 3. The Royal Commission and its aftermath -- 4. The theory of systemic bias -- 5. Theories of Indigenous offending -- 6. Key risk factors for Indigenous offending -- 7. Responding to Indigenous offending -- 8. Social and economic reform -- 9. Can we close the gap?
Summary
"Despite sweeping reforms by the Keating government following the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the rate of Indigenous imprisonment has soared. What has gone wrong? In Arresting incarceration, Dr Don Weatherburn charts the events that led to Royal Commission. He also argues that past efforts to reduce the number of Aboriginal Australians in prison have failed to adequately address the underlying causes of Indigenous involvement in violent crime; namely drug and alcohol abuse, child neglect and abuse, poor school performance and unemployment." -- back cover
Notes
Regular print edition published by Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, A.C.T.: 2014