Sentencing Indigenous offenders of partner violence: A fundamental comparative analysis of Indigenous sentencing courts and specialist family violence courts

法庭经常被用来改造罪犯，然而，通常很少考虑和规划法庭程序的发展，以实现他们的目标。由于专门法庭被用来对犯有伴侣暴力行为的土著罪犯判刑，因此重要的是使法庭经验对这些罪犯更有意义，以便开始减少土著社区的暴力行为。减少暴力的经济和社会效益对受影响的个人产生直接影响，并对建立更加和谐和有凝聚力的土著家庭和社区产生更广泛和长期的影响。

Courts are often used for rehabilitating offenders, however, there is usually little thought and planning put into the development of court processes so that they can achieve their goals. Since specialist courts are being used to sentence Indigenous offenders of partner violence it is important to make the court experience more meaningful for such offenders so that a reduction of violence in Indigenous communities can begin to occur. The economic and social benefits of reducing violence have direct effects on the individuals affected, and wider, long-term effects on generating more harmonious and cohesive Indigenous families and communities.