Year: 2008
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Indigenous, sentencing, courts3 This paper briefly summarises 1 findings from a South Australian study that examined whether Judges ’ decisions to sentence offenders to imprisonment differed between Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders when they appeared before the court under similar circumstances. Results showed that Indigenous offenders were less likely than their non-Indigenous counterparts to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment when appearing before the court under seemingly similar circumstances. Focal concerns (attribution) perspectives are used to explore these findings.
Authors: Samantha Jeffries, Christine Bond
Institution: Queensland University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1526485769