Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Partner Violence: Global, Legal And Indigenous Perspectives.- 3. Indigenous And Domestic And Family Violence Specialist Courts.- 4. Indigenous Sentencing Courts In Two Australian States.- 5. The Role Of Elders And Community Representatives And How It Impacts On Perspectives Of Justice.- 6. Couples Who Stayed Together.- 7. Couples Who Separated.- 8. De-Colonising ‘What Works’.

About the Author

Elena Marchetti is Professor of Law at Griffith University, Australia. She is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the leading scholars in the area of inter-sectional race and gender studies, and has been awarded two prestigious Research Fellowships by the Australian Research Council. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters in the areas of indigenous sentencing courts, family and domestic violence.