Abstract
The issue of appropriate legal and social supports is critical to the question of Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system. This article discusses this relationship, arguing that the overwhelming emphasis on communities' criminal law needs distracts from other equally important, though perhaps less urgent, practical concerns. The authors argue that more attention needs to be paid to specific areas of civil and family law, by both legal aid and Aboriginal legal services, to prevent these unaddressed issues from escalating into offending behaviour.
Disciplines
Law
Date of this Version
January 2011
Recommended Citation
Melanie Schwartz and Chris Cunneen, "From Crisis to Crime: The Escalation of Civil and Family Law Issues into Criminal Matters in Aboriginal Communities in NSW" (January 2011). University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 2011. Working Paper 9.
http://law.bepress.com/unswwps-flrps11/art9
Comments
This paper was published in Indigenous Law Bulletin, (2009) vol 7, no 15, pp. 18-21. This paper may also be referenced as [2011] UNSWLRS 9.