The construction of the racially different indigenous offender Spivakovsky, Claire 2009, The construction of the racially different indigenous offender, in C3 2009 : Proceedings of 2009 Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 215-227. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The construction of the racially different indigenous offender Author(s) Spivakovsky, Claire Conference name Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference (2009 : Melbourne, Victoria) Conference location Melbourne, Vic Conference dates 8 - 9 July, 2009 Title of proceedings C3 2009 : Proceedings of 2009 Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference Editor(s) Segrave, Marie Publication date 2009 Conference series Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference Start page 215 End page 227 Total pages 305 p. Publisher Monash University Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Summary The over‐representation and increased growth of Indigenous offenders in all Western criminal justice systems is longstanding and undeniable. In 2006 Victoria’s Koori offenders were 12 times more likely to be sentenced to a custodial or community sanction than non‐Koori people. Similarly, in New Zealand, Maori men account for 50 percent of the prison population but only 12.5 percent of the general population. Yet, it was not until the 1990s that the issues of Indigenous over‐representation or expanding Indigenous offender populations began to be presented as a problem within the correctional literature. This paper will explore the parameters of these ‘problems’, and present the following three arguments: (1) the issues of over‐representation was constructed within the correctional literature as a symptom of the different nature of Indigenous offending; (2) the different nature of Indigenous offending was in turn constructed as a problem of race; and (3) this construction of Indigenous offending is consistent with the contemporary constitution of mainstream offending behaviour. In concluding, this paper will discuss the implications of the emergence and sustained production of this figure of the Indigenous offender in relation to the capacity of criminologists to reconceptualise Indigenous offending. Notes This paper is located on the 215th page in the attached link. ISBN 9780980753004 Language eng Field of Research 160202 Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation Socio Economic Objective 940408 Rehabilitation and Correctional Services HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2009, Monash University Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023896 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of History, Heritage and Society   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 09:43:00 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 11:36:12 EST Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 11:51:29 EST Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 14:01:19 EST Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 14:03:23 EST Wed, 03 Mar 2010, 14:04:37 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 17:46:52 EST Thu, 23 Jan 2014, 10:21:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 557 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 09:42:50 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas

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