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Rites of Passage
by Quentin Beresford & Paul Omaji
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- About the Book
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In 1991 Patrick Dodson called upon the Department for Community Services in Western Australia ‘to examine why Aboriginal children are more susceptible to offending behaviour than their non-Aboriginal counterparts [and] to properly consider socioeconomic and cultural matters in addressing this problem.’ Looking beyond the facade of pious platitudes and ‘law and order’ invective, Quentin Beresford and Paul Omaji seek out the deeper reasons for Aboriginal juvenile crime. They examine a history of dispossession and institutionalisation, government policies creating disempowerment and dependency, and ongoing racism.
- Categories
- Indigenous Writing, Current Affairs, Culture & Social History
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fremantle Press
- ISBN11
- 1 86368 137 X
- ISBN13
- 9 781863 681377
- HB/PB
- Paperback
- Format
- B+ Format (205 x 138mm)
- Pages
- 200
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Wilderness Society Award
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