Punishment: Two Decades of Penal Expansionism and its Effects on Indigenous Imprisonment

Australian Indigenous Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 8-17, 2011

10 Pages Posted: 17 Jan 2013

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Chris Cunneen

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research,University of Technology Sydney; James Cook University - Cairns Campus

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

This article examines key political, ideological and institutional factors impacting upon the increase in Indigenous imprisonment rates in Australia over the last two decades since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCADIC). Central issues explored include: the multidimensional and racialized nature of punishment and crime control, the use of imprisonment as a form of governance, the impact of neoliberalism on the reforms envisaged by the RCADIC.

Keywords: indigenous, imprisonment, royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, Australia

Suggested Citation

Cunneen, Chris, Punishment: Two Decades of Penal Expansionism and its Effects on Indigenous Imprisonment (2011). Australian Indigenous Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 8-17, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2201357

Chris Cunneen (Contact Author)

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research,University of Technology Sydney ( email )

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Sydney, NSW 2007
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James Cook University - Cairns Campus ( email )

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Cairns, Queensland 4870
Australia

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