Criminology, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

The bulk of criminological research in relation to Indigenous people has been narrowly confined to quot;Indigenous crimequot; and traditionally sees state criminal justice responses as the more or less technical application of laws, policies and procedures to control crime. Most government-employed quot;administrativequot; criminologists steer as far away as possible from the issue of human rights. This chapter argues that bringing a human rights perspective to criminology and Indigenous people is an important task. It opens up a new level of research, analysis and theory building, and can directly contribute to identifying and remedying human rights abuses