This article analyses domestic violence fatality reviews/coronial files for a whole-of-population study of First Nations women killed by male partners across several Australian jurisdictions between 2006-2016, alongside yarning/interviews with First Nations domestic violence workers, violence survivors and Elders.

Emma Buxton-Namisnyk, 'Domestic Violence Policing of First Nations Women in Australia: 'Settler' Frameworks, Consequential Harms and the Promise of Meaningful Self-Determination' (2021) 62(6) The British Journal of Criminology 1323

The law places limits on how police operate. Within those limits, police have a large amount of discretion about how they act. The way police use their discretion shapes people’s experiences with the criminal legal system and has been repeatedly linked to the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody.

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Emma Buxton-Namisnyk, 'Domestic Violence Policing of First Nations Women in Australia: 'Settler' Frameworks, Consequential Harms and the Promise of Meaningful Self-Determination' (2021) 62(6) The British Journal of Criminology 1323

Police discretion