Black Lives, White Law by Russell Marks

Black Lives, White Law by Russell MarksIndigenous Australians are the most incarcerated people on the planet. Indigenous men are fifteen times more likely to be locked up than their non Indigenous counterparts; Indigenous women are twenty one times more likely. Featuring vivid case studies and drawing on a deep sense of history, Black Lives, White Law explores Australia's extraordinary record of locking up First Nations people. It examines Australia's system of criminal justice the web of

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