Indigenous sentencing courts and Gladue reports

This chapter offers a cross-jurisdictional analysis of the impact of the introduction of First Nations sentencing courts and Gladue reports over the last several decades in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Canada. The chapter discusses the processes used in sentencing courts in the three jurisdictions and the similarities and differences between them. The chapter engages with the idea of decolonial ‘hybridity’ and whether these courts have changed First Nations peoples’ engagement with settler-colonial justice processes. The chapter assesses the benefits and limitations of these courts and the extent to which they represent a shift in colonial power relations within the justice system.