A death sentence for swearing: the fatal consequences of the failure to decriminalise offensive language

Methven, E

A death sentence for swearing: the fatal consequences of the failure to decriminalise offensive language

Methven, E

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Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Griffith Law Review, 2021, 29, (1), pp. 73-73
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Methven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-3905
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-30T22:34:57Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-30T22:34:57Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Griffith Law Review, 2021, 29, (1), pp. 73-73
dc.identifier.issn	1038-3441
dc.identifier.issn	1839-4205
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/150766
dc.description.abstract	Several commissions of inquiry have recommended the reform or abolition of laws that criminalise the use of offensive language in Australia. These criminal offences have been linked to the over-policing and deaths in custody of Indigenous Australians. Australian state and territory governments have not only ignored these recommendations; they have also added new weapons to the police officer’s arsenal to control and punish swearing in public. Through an analysis of several case studies sourced from coronial inquiries and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, this article argues that there is a need for urgent reform of laws that criminalise offensive language.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartof	Griffith Law Review
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10383441.2020.1861712
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dc.subject	1801 Law
dc.title	A death sentence for swearing: the fatal consequences of the failure to decriminalise offensive language
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Several commissions of inquiry have recommended the reform or abolition of laws that criminalise the use of offensive language in Australia. These criminal offences have been linked to the over-policing and deaths in custody of Indigenous Australians. Australian state and territory governments have not only ignored these recommendations; they have also added new weapons to the police officer’s arsenal to control and punish swearing in public. Through an analysis of several case studies sourced from coronial inquiries and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, this article argues that there is a need for urgent reform of laws that criminalise offensive language.

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