Discourses of 'Dysfunction': Sentencing Narratives and the Construction of Indigenous Offending
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Jeffries, Samantha
Bond, Christine
Bond, Christine
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Murray Lee, Gail Mason and Sanja Milivojevic
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2011
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Sydney, Australia
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Using a narrative analysis of judges sentencing remarks in South Australian higher courts, we explore whether broader discourses of 'dysfunction' 'disorganisation', 'deprivation' and 'pathology' impact understandings of Indigenous offending and subsequent constructions of Indigenous defendants in the sentencing process.
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The Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference 2010 Proceedings
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Courts and Sentencing