Aboriginal Youth, Police and the Juvenile Justice System in Western Australia
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THIS PAPER IS IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST SECTION 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.
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