1st Edition

Decolonising Justice for Aboriginal youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

This book reflects multidisciplinary and cross-jurisdictional analysis of issues surrounding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the criminal justice system, and the impact on Aboriginal children, young people, and their families. This book provides the first comprehensive and multidisciplinary account of FASD and its implications for the criminal justice system – from prevalence and... Read more

Foreword

Magistrate Catherine Crawford and Robyn Williams

  1. Introduction
  2. Tamara Tulich, Harry Blagg, Robyn Williams, Dorothy Badry, Michelle Stewart, Raewyn Mutch, Suzie Edward May

  3. Children, adolescents and FASD in the criminal justice system
  4. Raewyn Mutch, Dorothy Badry, Robyn Williams, Tamara Tulich

  5. FASD Prevalence and Assessment
  6. Raewyn Mutch, Tamara Tulich, Harry Blagg, Suzie Edward May

  7. FASD in the Courts: fitness to stand trial
  8. Tamara Tulich

  9. Sentencing and courts
  10. Suzie Edward May

  11. A decolonising and human rights approach to FASD training, knowledge and case practice for justice involved youth in correctional contexts
  12. Robyn Williams, Dorothy Badry

  13. FASD, the criminal justice system and Indigenous people: Diversionary pathways and decolonising strategies
  14. Harry Blagg

  15. FASD, Justice, Decolonisation and the Dis-ease of Settler Colonialism: Contemporary Justice Issues in Canada
  16. Michelle Stewart

  17. Conclusion

Harry Blagg

Index

Biography

Harry Blagg is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Western Australia (UWA) Law School and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Community Justice Centre in the Law School.

Tamara Tulich is a Senior Lecturer at the UWA Law School.

Robyn Williams is a Nyoongar woman with extensive experience as a FASD trainer, advocate, and researcher. She works at the Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and the University of Melbourne.

Raewyn Mutch
is a Ngāi Tahu woman of New Zealand and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia, and Invited Faculty for the Harvard Program for Refugee Trauma, Global Mental Health, Trauma and Recovery (2019–2020).

Suzie Edward May
is a Lawyer and Research Officer at the UWA Law School and a member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Community Justice Centre.

Dorothy Badry
is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary.

Michelle Stewart
is an Associate Professor at the University of Regina on Treaty Four Territory.