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Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory: Report Overview

Resources September,2017

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Publishers: Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Report of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory (vol 3A)

Resources September,2017

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Publishers: Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Report of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory (vol 2B)

Resources September,2017

Authors: Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory
Publishers: Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Exciting News

News 10 August 2017

The Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse (IJC) has been refunded for a further three years and will operate at this stage until 30 June 2020. Upcoming publications to be released The Indigenous […]

The impact of Indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending

Resources July,2017

Authors: Shepherd, Stephane, Delgado, Rosa, Sherwood, Juanita, Paradies, Yin
Publishers: BMC Public Health, 18(50)

Possessing a strong cultural identity has been shown to protect against mental health symptoms and buffer distress prompted by discrimination. However, no research to date has explored the protective influences […]

Prison Industry and Desistance from Crime: An Australian Programme

Resources June,2017

Authors: Day, Andrew, Wodak, Jo, Graffam, Joseph Henry, Baldry, Eileen, Davey, Linda
Publishers: Psychiatry Psychology and Law, Taylor & Francis Online

Prison industries represent an important component of service delivery for correctional administrations around the world and yet there have been few attempts to articulate the specific role that they play […]

Indigenous Incarceration: Unlock the Facts

Resources May,2017

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Publishers: Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting

This report seeks to raise awareness of, and calls for action to address, the disproportionate rates of Indigenous incarceration across Australia. Indigenous Australians are dramatically over-represented in the criminal justice […]

Closing the Gap – Prime Minister’s Report 2017

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This ninth Closing the Gap report showcases real successes being achieved at a local level across the country—by individuals, communities, organisations and government. The Closing the Gap targets address the […]

Family violence prevention programs in Indigenous communities

Resources December,2016

Authors: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Institute of Family Studies, Resource Sheet, 37

Research in Australia as in other colonised societies has linked a collapse of traditional Indigenous institutions and roles to contemporary patterns of destructive behaviour, such as heavy alcohol consumption by […]

New website launched

News 24 October 2016

The NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Leslie Williams today launched the new and improved Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse website. Ms Upton said the website provides a […]