Comparing a Aboriginal and Australian Justice Systems

Interaction: Aboriginal and Australian judicial system: The Australian criminal justice system's approval of customary laws of indigenous people is limited to the recognition of traditional corporal punishment at the judgment stage. It all depends on the interpretation and reading of individuals who play a role as judicial officers, judges, lawyers and police in the criminal justice system. (Indigenous Law and Criminal Justice, Legal Reform Committee, W. Australia) Comparison of Indigenous People and Australian Justice System: There are some contradictions between indigenous judicial system and Australian law.

The Australian Law Reform Committee reviewed the role of customary laws of its indigenous peoples. As part of its mandate, the European Commission proposes several ways that you can pay attention to the criminal justice system of tribal indigenous peoples and adjust the criminal law to take into account customary law. At the same time, if we think that indigenous peoples are in front of the legal system, we must point out that there may not be more difficult problems to change, since it affects not only the minority but also all Australians' mentality not. Unfair treatment

In the Australian criminal justice system, the proportion of Australians is too high. As of 2018, indigenous peoples and prisoners of Torres Strait Island account for 28% of full-time adult prisoners, accounting for only 2% of the general population. In addition, the increase in the proportion of indigenous women in Australian prisons reflects this. It is only 2% of the total population, but indigenous women account for 34% of the prison population. However, these figures are just as amazing as the figures revealed in a recent report on Youth Justice submitted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. According to the report, "About 5% of 10-17 year old children in Australia are indigenous or Torres Strait Islanders, but half of 10-17 years old (2,339 or 50%) is received daily in 2016 Director - -17 is indigenous, "On average, the probability that non-indigenous young people will be supervised is about 18 times that of indigenous young people.