Indigenous Youth & Criminal Law Institutions Introduction Indigenous Australian youth experience high levels of disadvantage and injustice in today’s society in a variety of areas. One area of significant disadvantage involves their contact with criminal law institutions. Indigenous youth come into contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) at a consistently higher rate than that of non-Indigenous youth and are significantly over-presented in court cases and community detention (Allard et al
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Bibliography: ABS (September 2013). Measures of Australian progress. Retrieved September‚ 2013‚ from http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/1370.0~2010~Chapter~Aboriginal%20and%20Torres%20Strait%20Islander%20peoples%20(4.4.6.2 Press‚ R. W. (Septemeber 2013). Stolen Generations Fact Sheet. Retrieved September‚ 2013‚ from http://reconciliaction.org.au/nsw/education-kit/stolen-generations/#impact Australian Human Rights
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The Dreaming and Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality Traditional Australian aboriginal religion is a cultural belief system among indigenous Australians‚ and a key aspect of aboriginal spirituality is the Dreaming. There are many different aboriginal groups and languages‚ but the Dreaming is a common characteristic in all these societies‚ although they may have different names for it. Thus each aboriginal group has its own way of connecting with the Dreaming. The Dreaming affects all life
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Land is significant for Aboriginal people today because it is integral to Aboriginal identity‚ cultural upholding and the potential enhancement of socioeconomic prominence. Aboriginal people have diverse relationships with‚ and connections to the understandings of the Australian environment and land. Some of these associations are based on the traditional experiences and practices that have been passed down from generation to generation‚ whilst others have developed from the several impacts of colonisation
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of Aboriginal people in Ontario By: Taylor Veran Health Careers and Informatics Lorrie Lough November 1st‚ 2012 The majority of health issues that the Aboriginal community faces are related directly and indirectly to social‚ economic‚ cultural and political areas. Infrastructure‚ housing‚ employment‚ income‚ environmental and education are connected to the individual and community based effects of health. The health status of aboriginals in
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connection between the dreaming and the land rights movement. Aboriginal spirituality is determined by the dreaming. The dreaming is a complex concept of fundamental importance to Aboriginal culture‚ embracing the creative era long past of the ancestral beings as well as the present and the future. The Dreaming’s importance to the aboriginal people is emphasised through it providing for the obligations and responsibility of the aboriginal people‚ and furthermore accounting for their past‚ present‚
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(Kuhn‚ 1998: 30). The European invaders drove most of Aboriginal people out of the mainland‚ and furthermore‚ they took a lot of indigenous children from their families and forced them to work at white farms or stations. They did not even consider Aboriginal people the citizen of Australia until 1967‚ and this continued in some states until 1980s (Yunupingu‚ 1997: 63-64). D’Souza (1999: 26) claims that what European people have done to Aboriginal people is a ’genocide’‚ which can be defined as a crime
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Protectionism: Made in 1869. Colonial and state government adopted the protective legislation and policies to control and segregate aboriginal people from the white population‚ and from each other. Enforced white protectors to who administrated the reserves‚ missions. Government made where they should live. They did not have any rights or independence. Movement of aboriginal. They need permission to leave or enter fence reserves. Were life was poor Leasure and sporting active. Tradition and culture
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Throughout Australia’s history‚ Aboriginals have been treated with disdain and disrespect. Early Australian legislative principles have allowed Indigenous Australians rights to be minimal. However‚ throughout the past century acts have been passed which have allowed the rights of Aboriginal Australians to become equal with their counterpart. It is this hypothesis that will be investigated. Key events and people throughout the history of Australia have developed their land rights. These events have
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The early European explorers to Australia‚ such as William Dampier‚ who encountered the Aboriginal people for the first time described the people as the “miserablest people on Earth”. As there were no other accounts to compare his observations to‚ his versions were widely accepted by other European settlers‚ who soon visited Australia in 1788 like Captain James Cook. The lack of misunderstandings by previous European settlers has established preconceived notions and attitudes towards the Aborigines
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