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Making our Prisons Work’: An Inquiry into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Prisoner Education, Training and Employment Strategies: Report No. 6 in the 38th Parliament

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Authors: Western Australian Parliament Legislative Assembly: Community Development and Justice Standing Committee
Publishers: Parliament of Western Australia

This report considers vocational education, post release support and, significantly, innovative strategies to better address the issue of Aboriginal recidivism. However, while this report found that there are significant successes […]

Interim Report: ‘Making our Prisons Work’: An Inquiry into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Prisoner Education, Training and Employment Strategies: Report No. 4 in the 38th Parliament

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Authors: Western Australian Parliament Legislative Assembly: Community Development and Justice Standing Committee
Publishers: Parliament of Western Australia

This report is the first of two reports into the efficiency and effectiveness of prisoner education, training and employment strategies. Its focus is prison employment activities and prison industries, and […]

Safe and Supportive Communities

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Authors: Indigenous Expenditure Report Steering Committee
Publishers: Productivity Commission

The Indigenous Expenditure Report contains estimates of the levels and patterns of government expenditure on services relating to Indigenous Australians in 2008-09. This chapter presents estimates of expenditure that relate […]

Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence and Family Violence

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Authors: Stubbs, Julie
Publishers: Sydney : Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Issue Paper (9) 2010

Is it appropriate to apply restorative justice practices to cases involving domestic violence or family violence? After describing and evaluating claims made about restorative justice generally, this paper reviews the […]

Sentencing in the Koori Court Division of the Magistrates? Court : A Statistical Report

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Authors: Byles, Dennis, Karp, Tal
Publishers: Sentencing Advisory Council

This report presents a descriptive profile of the Koori Court, including contextual information on the background and development of the court and its philosophy, aims and jurisdiction. While Koori Court […]

Alternative and Improved Responses to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland Indigenous Communities

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Authors: Cunneen, Chris
Publishers: Queensland Department of Communities

This report addresses the issue of whether the legal system is responding adequately to domestic and family violence against Indigenous people. The aims of the research were to: determine what […]

Maori designed, developed and delivered initiatives to reduce Maori offending and re-offending: A report on the wananga hosted by Te Puni K?kiri

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Authors: Workman, Kim, Albert, Ruahine, Simpson, Ariana, Clark, Hera, O'Reilly, Denis, Dunn, Roy, Te Whaiti, Edge, O'Reilly, Laurence, Tamati, Kevin, Candy, Anne, Kupa, Georgina, Karangaroa, Roberta, Te Puni Kkiri
Publishers: Te Puni K?kiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

This report covers the proceedings of the wananga hosted by Te Puni Kokiri, 24 June 2010, Brentwood Hotel Wellington, New Zealand. The purpose of the wananga was primarily an opportunity […]

What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative

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Authors: Native Women's Association of Canada
Publishers: Native Women's Association of Canada

This report brings together five years of research related to missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada by the Native Women?s Association of Canada (NWAC). The purpose of […]

Balert Boorron : The Victorian Plan for Aboriginal Children and Young People (2010 – 2020)

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Authors: Victorian Government
Publishers: Victorian Government

The plan outlines the challenges faced by parents and how the Government and community can together support them in caring and providing opportunities for their young children. Recognising that many […]

Community policing in Australia

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Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

This report from the AIC’s Research and Public Policy series (no 111) is a collection of chapters from authors who have worked closely and collaboratively with police. It provides an […]