Culture, Strengths, and Risk: The Language of Pre-Sentence Reports in Indigenous Sentencing Courts and Mainstream Courts

Pre-sentence reports (PSRs) provide important information about an individual’s background and circumstances to assist judicial officers in the sentencing process. The present study analyzed PSRs for 63 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people sentenced by either an Indigenous sentencing court o...

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Authors: Coulter, Darcy J. (Author) ; Forkan, Abdur Rahim Mohammad (Author) ; Kang, Yong-Bin (Author) ; Trounson, Justin S. (Author) ; Anthony, Thalia (Author) ; Marchetti, Elena (Author) ; Shepherd, Stephane M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-100
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