Indigenous Courts, Culture and Partner Violence

• Main Author: Marchetti, Elena (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Critical criminology.; Victimology.; Violence.; Crime.; Trials.; Sex and law.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.; Violence and Crime.; Juries and Criminal Trials.; Gender, Sexuality and Law.

This book examines the use and impact of Australian Indigenous sentencing courts in response to Indigenous partner violence. In operation in Australia since 1999, these courts were first established by a magistrate in South Australia who sought to improve court communication and understanding, and t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Partner Violence: Global, Legal And Indigenous Perspectives
• 3. Indigenous And Domestic And Family Violence Specialist Courts
• 4. Indigenous Sentencing Courts In Two Australian States
• 5. The Role Of Elders And Community Representatives And How It Impacts On Perspectives Of Justice
• 6. Couples Who Stayed Together
• 7. Couples Who Separated
• 8. De-Colonising 'What Works'.