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Australian violence: contemporary perspectives II

Duncan Chappell and Sandra J Egger (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 20298 2
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1995

Alternative dispute resolution in Aboriginal and Islander communities: the Community Justice Program's experience

Christine Nolan

Abstract

There is an urgent need to find new justice strategies for Aboriginal communities which are flexible enough to accommodate both customary and western law. With this in mind, Nolan discusses the Aboriginal mediation project piloted for the last two years by Queensland's Community Justice Program. She outlines its activities and achievements, and highlights some key issues and dilemmas (eg neutrality, voluntariness, confidentiality, domestic violence).