Sentencing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Women in Western Australia's Higher Courts

This article presents results from an exploratory study seeking to examine the role of sentencing in the continuing overrepresentation of Indigenous women in Western Australia's prisons. Sentencing data from Western Australia's higher courts indicate that Indigenous women were less likely...

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Published inPsychiatry, psychology, and law Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 70 - 78
Main Authors Bond, Christine E.W., Jeffries, Samantha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.02.2010
Subjects
Courts
criminal courts
Evaluation
Female offenders
Imprisonment
Indigenous people
Indigenous status
Indigenous women
Prisons
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing
Western Australia
Women
Western Australia
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Summary:This article presents results from an exploratory study seeking to examine the role of sentencing in the continuing overrepresentation of Indigenous women in Western Australia's prisons. Sentencing data from Western Australia's higher courts indicate that Indigenous women were less likely than non-Indigenous women to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment when appearing before the court for comparable offending behaviour and histories.
Bibliography:PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW, Vol. 17, No. 1, Feb 2010, 70-78
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
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ISSN:1321-8719
1934-1687
DOI:10.1080/13218710903089253