Cultural context and sentencing: content analysis of sentencing remarks for Indigenous defendants of domestic violence in the Northern Territory, Australia

The focal concerns perspective was developed to understand differential sentencing outcomes for minority defendants in the United States. Although the focal concerns perspective dominates empirical sentencing research, its application in Australia has limitations in understanding sentencing disparit...

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Authors: Heenan, Karen (Author) ; Bond, Christine E.W. (Author) ; Lockwood, Krystal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2026
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2026, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 430-450
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Focal Concerns
family and domestic violence
Cultural Context
Sentencing
Indigenous