Contents
Acknowledgments vi
1. Introduction: Decolonising Criminology 1
2. Criminal Justice as Waste Management: Modernity
and its Shadow 18
3. Aboriginal Youth: Culture, Resistance and the
Dynamics of Self-Destruction 58
4. Restorative Justice: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Gone? 74
5. Aboriginal Police and Policing 91
6. Aboriginal Self-Policing Initiatives 107
7. Silenced in Court: Aboriginal People and the Courts 126
8. Family Violence 136
9. Aboriginal Customary Law: From Denial to Recognition 153
10. Aboriginal Customary Law: From Recognition to Abolition? 167
11. Governance from Below: Community Justice Mechanisms,
Crime and Disorder 182
Concluding Comments: Moving Forward 200
References 208
Index 226
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Contents
Acknowledgments vi
1. Introduction: Decolonising Criminology 1
2. Criminal Justice as Waste Management: Modernity
and its Shadow 18
3. Aboriginal Youth: Culture, Resistance and the
Dynamics of Self-Destruction 58
4. Restorative Justice: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Gone? 74
5. Aboriginal Police and Policing 91
6. Aboriginal Self-Policing Initiatives 107
7. Silenced in Court: Aboriginal People and the Courts 126
8. Family Violence 136
9. Aboriginal Customary Law: From Denial to Recognition 153
10. Aboriginal Customary Law: From Recognition to Abolition? 167
11. Governance from Below: Community Justice Mechanisms,
Crime and Disorder 182
Concluding Comments: Moving Forward 200
References 208
Index 226
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