NCJ Number
114122
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Dated: (September 1988) Pages: 168-178
Date Published
1988
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This article examines the substance of the Aboriginal Imprisonment experience from 1837 onward in terms of the influence of traditional cultural beliefs and practices. The historical factors that established the status of Aborigines, and their response to dispossession and imprisonment are described.
Abstract
Research literature suggests that the Aboriginal population in Australia holds a range of attitudes toward imprisonment that differs from those expressed within mainstream white society. Additional factors including rates of imprisonment, causes, consequences of imprisonment, changes in treatment of Aborigines, and development of a more liberal view toward their imprisonment are examined. Reform measures for redressing the cultural disadvantages experienced by the Aborigines are discussed. 33 references.