Indigenous Criminology Cunneen Hardback Bristol University Press 9781447321750

Indigenous CriminologyAuthor(s): Chris Cunneen, Juan Tauri\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781447321750, 978-1447321750\nSynopsis\nIndigenous Criminology is the first book to comprehensively explore Indigenous peoples contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context. Drawing on comparative Indigenous material from North America, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it \n\naddresses both the theoretical underpinnings to the development of a specific Indigenous criminology, and canvasses the broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice.\n\nWritten by leading criminologists specialising in Indigenous justice issues, the book argues for the importance of Indigenous knowledges and methodologies to criminology, and suggests that colonialism needs to be a fundamental concept to criminology in order to understand contemporary problems such as deaths in custody, high imprison.