Indigenous sentencing courts and partner violence: Perspectives of court practitioners and elders on gender power imbalances during the sentencing hearing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-281

  Marchetti, Elena ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous sentencing courts; Intimate partner violence; Power imbalances

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956236460     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: 18379273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.43.2.263     Document Type: Article

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