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Learned Helplessness and Aboriginal Intra-cultural Crime and Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Barbara Miller
Barbara Miller*
Affiliation:
Aboriginal Coordinating Council, Cairns, Australia
*
Department of Psychology and Sociology, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Australia
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Abstract

The prevalence of violence in Australian Aboriginal communities continues to be a matter of great concern (Atkinson, 1990a; Bolger, 1990; Hunter, 1990; Miller, 1990a, 1990b; O'Shane, 1990; Payne, 1990; Tatz, 1989). In this article, I document the extent of violence in a sample of Aboriginal communities, and briefly review some psychological research that may help us to understand the pattern of violence.

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South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 5 , 1992 , pp. 38 - 44
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Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University of Central Queensland 1992

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