Discourse of ‘Dysfunction’: Sentencing Narratives and the Construction of Indigenous Offending

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dc.contributor.author	Jeffries, Samantha
dc.contributor.author	Bond, Christine
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-17
dc.date.available	2011-05-17
dc.date.issued	2011-05-17
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-74210-224-5
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7375
dc.description.abstract	Using a narrative analysis of judges sentencing remarks in South Australian higher courts, we explore whether broader discourses ‘dysfunction’ ‘disorganisation’, ‘deprivation’ and ‘pathology’ impact understandings of Indigenous offending and subsequent constructions of Indigenous defendants in the sentencing process.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Sydney Institute of Criminology; School of Social Sciences at the University of Western Sydney	en
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en
dc.publisher	Sydney Institute of Criminology	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	ANZCCC2010	en
dc.rights	The author retains copyright of this work.	en
dc.subject	dysfunction	en
dc.subject	Indigenous offending	en
dc.subject	critical criminology	en
dc.title	Discourse of ‘Dysfunction’: Sentencing Narratives and the Construction of Indigenous Offending	en
dc.type	Conference paper	en
usyd.faculty	University hosted conferences
usyd.department	Sydney Institute of Criminology	en