Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment (Paperback)

Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courts' changing characterisations of Indigenous peoples' identity, culture and postcolonial status. Focusing largely on Australian Indigenous peoples, but referring also to the Canadian and New Zealand experiences, Thalia Anthony critically analyzes how the judiciary have interpreted Indigenous difference. Through an analysis of Indigenous sentencing decisions and remarks over a fifty year period in a number of jurisdictions, the book demonstrates how discretion is moulded to cultural assumptions about Indigeneity. More specifically, Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment shows how the increasing demonisation of Indigenous criminality and culture in sentencing has turned earlier 'gains' in the legal recognition of Indigenous peoples on their head. The recognition of Indigenous difference is thereby revealed as a pliable concept that is just as likely to remove rights as it is to grant them.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	1999
Authors:	Thalia Anthony
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-83159-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-415-83159-8
Barcode:	9780415831598

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