TY  - SER
AU  - Douglas, Heather
AU  - Fitzgerald, Robin
TI  - The domestic violence protection order system as entry to the criminal justice system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre, QUT
KW  - ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
KW  - COLONISATION
KW  - CRIMINAL JUSTICE
KW  - CULTURE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - PROTECTION ORDERS
KW  - RACISM
KW  - SENTENCING
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - reo
KW  - IWI TAKETAKE
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - QUEENSLAND
N1  - International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018, 7(3): 41-57
N2  - The domestic violence protection order (DVO) system is a hybrid system of criminalisation in which the DVO itself is a civil order, but any contravention of that order may result in a criminal charge. Limited attention has been paid to the potential consequences of criminalisation through the hybrid DVO system in the Australian context. We use Queensland as a case study and examine administrative data gathered through Queensland Courts.  We show that a disproportionate number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people are named on DVOs, charged with contraventions of DVOs and significantly more likely than non-Indigenous people to receive a sentence of imprisonment for a contravention of a DVO, compared to non-Indigenous people. We find that ATSI women are particularly overrepresented in this system. We review explanations for these startling figures and emphasize the need for a change in approach. (Authors' abstract). Record #6013
UR  - https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/915
ER  -