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dc.contributor.authorFinnane, Mark
dc.contributor.authorKaladelfos, Andy
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-03T04:15:18Z
dc.date.available2018-01-03T04:15:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1031-461X
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1031461X.2016.1194442
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/100395
dc.description.abstractContemporary rates of incarceration of Indigenous peoples in Australia are generally seen as quite recent in origin, an unwanted outcome of the emergence of Indigenous people into full citizenship from the 1960s. Yet for only relatively short periods were Indigenous people in Australia excluded from the full implications of the rule of law in its mode of criminal jurisdiction; for the most part, they were considered British subjects. Having been brought into criminal jurisdiction how did they fare? While much can be learned from archival research at the case level, we propose here that qualitative studies are best examined in quantitative context. In this article, the first ever quantitative study of Australian homicide over long periods of time, we consider how criminal justice worked for Indigenous and non-Indigenous defendants, identifying how many defendants in each group were prosecuted, and their varying treatment at trial process, outcome and sentence.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Melbourne
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom443
dc.relation.ispartofpageto461
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Historical Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical studies not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4303
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode430399
dc.titleRace and justice in an Australian court: Prosecuting homicide in Western Australia, 1830-1954
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFinnane, Mark J.


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