Educational experiences of young Indigenous males in Queensland : disrupting the school to prison pipeline
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- 2019
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Despite ample international literature regarding the school-to-prison pipeline, juvenile justice researchers in the Australian context have remained relatively silent about this phenomenon. While there are considerable studies investigating the criminological characteristics of juvenile detention in Australia; there is a substantial gap examining the educational exclusion of young Indigenous males from the formal education system and whether this has a direct bearing on their incarceration. In 1991 the Australian Federal Government released the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report. Of the 339 recommendations provided, ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 62 identified that there was an alarming over-representation of Indigenous youth coming into contact with the criminal justice system. Utilising Nakataโs ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ and Gramsciโs ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ, this study challenges the status quo of privilege and power that exists within the hierarchical institutions of education and the criminal justice system. A qualitative phenomenological approach and Yarning method is employed to engage nine participants from the community to tell their stories. Focussing specifically on a set of experiences relevant to Queensland State Schools, the key research themes identify that exclusion from school and the over-representation of young Indigenous males in the juvenile justice system may be connected. The implications of this study could have a significant impact on future research or policy direction for educators and those who work within the criminal justice system.
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