Indigenous participation in sentencing young offenders: Findings from an evaluation of the Children's Koori Court of Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 465-485

  Borowski, Allan ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Court; Crime; Elders; Indigenous; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957850351     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: 18379273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.43.3.465     Document Type: Article

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