Indigenous Criminology
Chris Cunneen
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Description for Indigenous Criminology
Hardback. Indigenous Criminology comprehensively explores Indigenous people's contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context. It addresses both the theoretical underpinnings of the development of a specific Indigenous criminology, and canvasses the broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice. Series: New Horizons in Criminology. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Indigenous Criminology is the first book to comprehensively explore Indigenous people's contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context. Drawing on comparative Indigenous material from North America, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it addresses both the theoretical underpinnings to the development of a specific Indigenous criminology, and canvasses the broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice. Written by leading criminologists specialising in Indigenous justice issues, the book argues for the importance of Indigenous knowledges and methodologies to criminology, and suggests that colonialism needs to be a fundamental concept to criminology in ... Read more
Indigenous Criminology is the first book to comprehensively explore Indigenous people's contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context. Drawing on comparative Indigenous material from North America, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it addresses both the theoretical underpinnings to the development of a specific Indigenous criminology, and canvasses the broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice. Written by leading criminologists specialising in Indigenous justice issues, the book argues for the importance of Indigenous knowledges and methodologies to criminology, and suggests that colonialism needs to be a fundamental concept to criminology in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Horizons in Criminology
Condition
New
Weight
504 g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447321750
SKU
V9781447321750
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Chris Cunneen
Chris Cunneen is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. He has an international reputation as a leading criminologist specialising in Indigenous people and the law, juvenile justice, restorative justice, policing, prison issues and human rights. Chris has participated in a number of Australian Royal Commissions and Inquiries and with the ... Read more
Reviews for Indigenous Criminology
A welcome contribution to the decolonization paradigm in Criminology, a discipline that is complicit in the enslavement, colonization, genocidization and criminalization of Others with repressive fetishes of western modernity. Biko Agozino, editor, African Journal of Criminology A major original contribution providing a valuable theoretical comparative perspective to the limits of traditional Western criminology by defying the status quo ... Read more