Understanding the role of law and culture in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities

Harry Blagg is Professor of Criminology and Associate Dean of Research at the Law School, University of Western Australia. Harry has a national and international reputation as a leading criminologist specializing in Indigenous people and criminal justice, young people and crime, family and domestic violence, crime prevention, diversionary strategies, policing and restorative justice.
 

Vickie Hovane is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Law School, University of Western Australia and holds a First Class Honours Degree in Psychology and completed a PhD which investigated the role that Culture has in informing the cultural dimension in psychological theories of sex offending.  Vickie is a registered psychologist and an experienced consultant and practitioner having worked in several areas of social welfare, legal, victim, offender and child protection services, research projects and advisory roles over the past 37 years.