Progressive reforms or maintaining the status quo? An empirical evaluation of the judicial consideration of aboriginal status in sentencing decisions

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-517

  Welsh, Andrew ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Decision; Judge; Reform; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249121421     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.50.4.491     Document Type: Article

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