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Strategies to enhance employment of Indigenous ex-offenders after release from correctional institutions

Resources Mar,2012

Authors: Graffam, Joseph Henry, Shinkfield, Alison
Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

For Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-prisoners alike, there are numerous benefits associated with employment, including reduced likelihood of reoffending and reimprisonment. This resource sheet discusses the issues surrounding employment of Indigenous […]

People with intellectual and other cognitive disability in the criminal justice system : Report for NSW Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care

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Authors: Baldry, Eileen, Dowse, Leanne, Clarence, Melissa
Publishers: Department of Family and Community Services NSW, Ageing, Disability and Home Care

This report outlines the key findings of a research project on a cohort of 2,731 individuals in NSW whose mental health disorders and cognitive disability (MHDCD) diagnoses are known, who […]

Factors affecting crime rates in Indigenous communities in NSW : Kempsey and Gunnedah

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Authors: Vivian, Alison, Priest, Terry
Publishers: Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney

This report is the third and final in a series of reports emerging from fieldwork exploring factors that impact on rates of crime in six communities in NSW with significant […]

Innovative Justice Processes: Restorative Justice, Indigenous Justice, and Therapuetic Jurisprudence

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Authors: Daly, Kathleen, Marchetti, Elena
Publishers: Griffith University

The directions that responses to crime are moving are discussed: the first being innovative, promising to change established forms of criminal justice; the second being repetitive, to intensify established forms […]

Handbook for Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Work

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Authors: Lee, Kylie, Freeburn, Bradley, Ella, Steve, Miller, Warren, Perry, Jimmy, Conigrave, Kate
Publishers: Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Based on clinical and cultural experience, as well as on the available evidence about what works to prevent and treat alcohol and drug problems among Aboriginal people.

Footprints in Time : The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – Key Summary Report from Wave 3

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Authors: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (also known as LSIC and Footprints in Time) study collects important information about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, covering areas […]

Painting the Picture Of Indigenous Women In Custody In Australia

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Authors: Bartels, Lorana
Publishers: Queensland University of Technology Law Review

This article seeks to paint the contemporary picture of Indigenous women in custody in Australia. In particular, the article presents and analyses the most recent data available on prisoner numbers, […]

Developing successful diversionary schemes for youth from remote Aboriginal communities

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Authors: Senior, Kate, Criminology Research Advisory Council (Australia), Ivory, William (Bill), Chenhall, Richard D, Cunningham, Teresa, Nagel, Tricia, Lloyd, Robbie, McMahon, Rachael
Publishers: Criminology Research Advisory Council

This report explores the experiences and aspirations of youth in Wadeye, a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory which has become synonymous with the deviant behaviours of its young […]

Review of Coronial Practice in Western Australia, Final Report

Resources January,2012

Authors: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
Publishers: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

This report contains the results of the review conducted by the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia of the coronial practices and procedures followed in the state. The Commission consulted […]

Report on Government Services 2012: Indigenous Compendium

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Authors: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Publishers: Productivity Commission

This annual report collates Indigenous data from the Report on Government Services. The Report examines the performance of the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments in the provision of education, health, […]