White justice, black suffering

Extracting false confessions

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  • Published 20190806
  • ISBN: 9781925773798
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Finalist for the 2019 Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
Winner of the 2020 Clarion Award for Indigenous Issues Reporting


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