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Aboriginal Youth, Police and the Juvenile Justice System in Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Lynn Atkinson
Lynn Atkinson*
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Criminology, GPO Box 2944, Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: (06) 274 0201; Fax: (06) 274 0201.
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Abstract

The first section of the paper makes some observations about young people, crime and the police, and the particular vulnerability of Aboriginal youth coming to the attention of the police. Two issues, the maintenance of public order and juvenile offending, provide the framework for the discussion here. The second section looks at the nexus between the pre-trial conference - a recent innovation in the Children's Court in Perth - police prosecutors, and Aboriginal youth.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 18 , Special Issue 1 , 1993 , pp. 14 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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