In Search of Justice for Domestic and Family Violence. Indigenous and non-indigenous Australian Women’s Perspectives.

Source: (2006) Theoretical Criminology. 10(1):87-106.

In 2000, reports of two Australian taskforce investigations
considering justice responses to violence against women contained
opposing recommendations about the suitability of restorative
justice for cases of domestic and family violence. One taskforce was
composed entirely of Indigenous women while the other was
predominantly composed of non-Indigenous women. This article
analyses interviews with members of each taskforce, confirming a
split between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women on the
appropriateness of restorative justice in cases of domestic and
family violence. There was some agreement between Indigenous
and non-Indigenous women’s views about the potential for
combining elements of the criminal justice system and restorative
justice, although this potential was conditional on various factors
specific to each group of women. (author’s abstract)