White Man's Magic Makes Black Deaths in Custody Disappear

Broadhurst, Roderic; Mailer, R A

doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.1990.tb01004.x

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“…The second question is whether, among those who have ever been in custody, the lifetime risk of custodial death is greater for Aboriginal than for non-Aboriginal people. The answer is affirmative, because Aboriginal people have far higher rates of recidivism (Broadhurst and Maller 1990). The third question is whether, among the population as a whole, the lifetime risk of custodial death is greater for Aboriginal than for non-Aboriginal people.…”

Section: Aboriginality As a Risk Factor For Incarcerationmentioning

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The demography of disadvantage

Jones

2004

Journal of Population Research

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This paper discusses the contribution that demographers can make to the study of disadvantage. Demographers from Malthus onwards have been interested in analysing disadvantage through the lens of demographic variables, notably fertility, mortality and population growth, and their effect on poverty and welfare, both at an aggregate level and in terms of intra-household differences in well-being. The methodology of demography, including the concern with getting denominators right, cohort analysis and standardization procedures, can contribute to the analysis of disadvantage in many different ways. As examples, this paper highlights two issues: that of inequality of access to quality education, and the social and economic disadvantage faced by Indigenous Australians. The goal of understanding the causes of disadvantage with a view to reducing it may be best served through multidisciplinary efforts, in which demographers should play a role. Keywords: poverty, methodology, measurement, disadvantage, inequality, high fertility, educationIn a world of inequality and injustice, does the demographer have something fresh and insightful to say about disadvantage, based on the methodology of demography or on particular ways in which demographers view the world? Just as importantly, are there insights from other disciplines of which the demographer needs to be aware? This paper is an attempt to explore these questions, focusing, admittedly selectively, on a number of areas where a demographer's perspective is likely to be relevant. First, different definitions and approaches to the measurement of disadvantage are reviewed, followed by a brief foray into the debate about poverty trends and inequality. The traditional areas of demographic concern -the relationship between population growth and human welfare -are touched on briefly. These relationships can be addressed at an aggregate level, or at a household or individual level. The focus on the effects of population growth on well-being can also be based on population growth disaggregated into its components. Fertility is briefly touched on in the discussion, but not mortality or migration, either of which could provide adequate material for a separate paper.The largest sections of the paper discuss disadvantage through the examples of education, drawing on material from both the developing and the developed countries, and the situation of Indigenous Australians. The choice of these two examples for a demographer's perspective on disadvantage is based on no more than some

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Section: Aboriginality As a Risk Factor For Incarcerationmentioning

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The demography of disadvantage

Jones

2004

Journal of Population Research

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“…This approach compares the risk rates of Aboriginals and non..Aboriginals who actually come wirhin the purview of custodial systems (Broadhurst and Maller 1991). It differs from the first approach (across..the..board daily average popula.. tions) by plotting time..in .. custody per at ..risk offender.…”

Section: Actual Risk Exposurementioning

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Prisons are the Problem: A Re-Examination of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Harding¹

1999

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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T he background to the establishment in 1987 of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was a belief that the defining risk characteristic of persons dying in custody was their Aboriginality. Australia's long history of violence and injustice towards its Indigenous population underpinned the expectation that continuing racism in custodial situations was the principal driver of high Aboriginal mortality rates. On that basis, analysis and proposed solutions would focus upon the specifics of Aboriginal custodial experience as weil as broader issues of criminal justice system administration. This paper suggests that, in the context of prison custody, equal or greater emphasis should have been placed on the nature of prison regimes and prisoner management generally, as they impact upon all prisoners. Rates of prison deaths have remained unacceptably high since the RCIADIC, in contrast to police custodial death rates which have improved markedly.A great deal was generally known about the epidemiology of prison custodial deaths before the work of the RCIADIC. Across-the-board implementation of this prior and subsequently acquired knowledge would arguably have made more effeetive impact upon Aboriginal as weil as non-Aboriginal deaths. The defining risk characteristic of prison mortality was, and still is, the nature of prison custodial regimes.

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Aborigines and Crime in Australia

Broadhurst¹

1997

Crime and Justice

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White Man's Magic Makes Black Deaths in Custody Disappear

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

The demography of disadvantage

The demography of disadvantage

Prisons are the Problem: A Re-Examination of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Aborigines and Crime in Australia

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