Police have become the default frontline response to Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities. In the absence of culturally responsive and therapeutic community-based support, regular police contact from a young age sets this group up for a lifetime of “management” by the criminal justice system.
Read the full story... (off-site)- Topics:
- Discrimination, Health
- Author:
- Ruth McCausland, Eileen Baldry, Elizabeth McEntyre,
- Source:
- The Conversation
- Date published:
- Wed 4th Nov, 2015