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Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and the criminal justice system

Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and the criminal justice system. Population comparison of ATSI. 1.Offence criminalisation - ATSI are 15 times more likely to be charged for swearing or behaving disrespectfully in their community.

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Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and the criminal justice system

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  1. Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders and the criminal justice system

  2. Population comparison of ATSI

  3. 1.Offence criminalisation- ATSI are 15 times more likely to be charged for swearing or behaving disrespectfully in their community. • 2. The social and economic situation-Poverty and unemployment, particularly for young aboriginal people or in rural and remote areas. • 3. Lack of language skills-Some Aboriginal people are sentenced to jail without them fully understanding the court process.

  4. An indigenous person is 14 times more likely to be locked up in prison than a non-indigenous person. Lower life spans Higher unemployment An over representation within our corrective services

  5. Length of sentencing statistics

  6. Over representation • ATSI are over represented because of unequal positioning in Australian society mainly in these three areas; • Socially- disconnected from other nationality groups and rejected in society • Economically- no education leading to no employment • Culturally- going back to when the Aboriginal people were taken away from their land (Stolen Generation)

  7. ALSWA; Peter Collins “Every day of the week we act for aboriginal people who’ve been charged with disorderly conduct, their main crime is swearing at the police. They use the F and C word excessively. Often because they are drunk or affected by drugs, or both, or they’ve got a mental illness or they’re homeless or whatever”

  8. Customary Law vs. Criminal Law

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