Baldry, Eileen, Carlton, Bree, and Cunneen, Chris (2015) Abolitionism and the paradox of penal reform in Australia: Indigenous women, colonial patriarchy and co-option. Social Justice, 41 (3). pp. 168-189.

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Abstract

In this article we provide an explanation of abolitionism in the context of the Australian colonial project. Our intention is 10 advance a critical understanding of the paradoxes and challenges presented to the abolitionist vision by the project of penal reform. During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Australia has witnessed the emergence of a diffuse patchwork of abolition and prisoner rights campaigns, which have been informed by the unique political and cultural contexts of the various Australian state jurisdictions. 1 Some of these campaigns, specifically in States such as New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, have had a profound impact by eliciting and shaping government and correctional penal reform programs (Brown and Zdenkowski 1982: Carlton 2007). Paradoxically, Australia has witnessed at the same time a revalorization of the prison and of punitive measures as primary solutions for dealing with social problems and structural disadvantage (Baldry et al. 2011).

Item ID:	24485
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2327-641X
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2014 05:50
FoR Codes:	18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 1801 Law > 180101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law @ 50% 18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 1801 Law > 180102 Access to Justice @ 20% 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1602 Criminology > 160201 Causes and Prevention of Crime @ 30%
SEO Codes:	94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9401 Community Service (excl. Work) > 940102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development and Welfare @ 30% 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940405 Law Reform @ 50% 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940403 Criminal Justice @ 20%
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