Koori Courts - should they be trailed and Raised in Australia

In the last year alone, more than eight percent of the Indigenous residents become visible in a criminal court, four times more often than the rest of the society. Almost sixteen percent of all Aboriginal people going to court were sentenced to prison compared with just over six percent of the rest of the population. These figures symbolize a real misfortune taking place in our state, the troubles of colonised people in a commanding system. …

…accommodate for the other factors of discrimination by offering them a individual justice system. References: The Koori Court - Article Koori Courts Backed - Article (Herald Sun Saturday 4-5-2002) First Koori Court Opens - Article (Herald Sun Saturday 7-9-2002) Magistrates' Court (Koori Court) Act 2002 - Website http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/sb/2002_Act/A01089.html Who Are The Offenders - Website http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/bocsar1.nfs/pages/crimestatistics97_5