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“Can you help me? I want to do something for myself. I want to be somebody one-day.”

Resources November,2007

Authors: Atkinson, Judy
Publishers: National Indigenous Justice CEO Forum (2007: Brisbane)

This presentation contains a series of talking points discussing childhood trauma, including abuse and neglect, and ways of healing. These are the PowerPoint slides used as the basis of a […]

Through young black eyes : a handbook to protect Indigenous children from the impact of family violence and child abuse

Resources Oct,2007

Authors: Bedford, Kenny, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), Partnerships Against Domestic Violence (Australia)
Publishers: Secretariat National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, c2002. vi, 120p. bibl, ill

This handbook is designed to assist individuals, families, leaders, services and communities to protect Indigenous children from family violence and child abuse by presenting relevant information about these issues in […]

Minimum standards for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander courts in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Northern Territory (North) 2007-2010

Resources Sep,2007

Authors: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (SA), Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
Publishers: Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

Australia’s criminal justice system is, for the most part, the model inherited from the British justice system. This model consistently yields high rates of recidivism by Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]

Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system : an exploratory report

Resources Sept,2007

Authors: Policy, Strategy and Research Group, Department of Corrections
Publishers: Department of Corrections

Maori are disproportionately over-represented in criminal justice statistics to an alarming degree. This paper attempts to shed light on why this is so. It examines the issue by considering the […]

Policing responses to substance misuse in rural and remote indigenous communities

Resources Aug,2007

Authors: Nicholas, Roger
Publishers: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund

This report concerns a National Workshop held at Alice Springs in August 2007, which focused on policing responses to alcohol and other substance misuse problems in rural and remote Indigenous […]

The ‘national emergency’ and land rights reform: Separating fact from fiction: An assessment of the proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

Resources Aug,2007

Authors: Altman, Jon
Publishers: Briefing Paper for Oxfam, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Topical Issue No. 12/2007

In June 2007, the Prime Minister of Australia and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs declared a ‘national emergency’ with eleven measures aimed at combating child abuse and dysfunction in Indigenous […]

Indigenous Sentencing in Queensland Magistrates Court – the Murri Court

Resources Aug,2007

Authors: Hennessy, Annette

Indigenous Australians are proportionately over-represented in the criminal justice system and particularly the prison system. Murri Court is an initiative of the Magistracy in Queensland to sentence Indigenous offenders in […]

A proposed emergency response and development plan to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory: A preliminary response to the Australian Government’s proposals

Resources July,2007

Authors: Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the Northern Territory
Publishers: Combined Aboriginal Organisations of the Northern Territory

In June 2007, the Australian Government responded to the report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into Protection of Aboriginal Children with the announcement of a package of 12 […]

Breaking the Cycle: A Study of Victimisation and Violence in the Lives of Non-Custodial Offenders

Resources July,2007

Authors: Mazerolle, Paul, Legosz, Margot
Publishers: Crime and Misconduct Commission

This report, undertaken by the Crime and Misconduct Commission, describes the key findings of the Offending Persons Across the Lifecourse (OPAL) project which examines the risks and needs of Queensland’s […]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2006 report: detailed analyses

Resources June,2007

Authors: Gourley, Michelle, Al-Yaman, Fadwa
Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2006 report (AHMAC2006). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health […]