Circle sentencing commenced in New South Wales in February 2002 in Nowra Local Court. Since then the program has been expanded to Armidale, Bourke, Brewarrina, Dubbo, Kempsey, Lismore, Mount Druitt […]

This document summarises the Productivity Commission’s latest data update on Closing the Gap and details NSW’s efforts in 2021–22. It sets out the progress of ongoing and new initiatives in […]

This plan provides strategic direction and sets out focus areas for action across the continuum of prevention, early intervention, response, recovery and healing from domestic and family violence. It also […]

Aboriginal prisoners comprise one-quarter of the total prisoner population with a rate of imprisonment 14 times higher than non-Aboriginals. The 2009 NSW Inmate Health Survey (IHS) is the first Aboriginal-specific […]

The New South Wales Police Force states the Aboriginal Strategic Direction is a document to guide in the management of Aboriginal issues, seeking a genuine level of Aboriginal community ownership. […]

This paper presents a summary of the information collected during FaHCSIA’s community engagement qualitative trial undertaken in the Australian Capital Territory metropolitan region and the Queanbeyan region as part of […]

With most prisoners released from custody eventually returning to custody (estimated 74% for NSW Indigenous prisoners), this research by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research examines […]

Various studies indicate that people with intellectual disability are highly represented in the criminal justice system and this appears particularly clear in the juvenile justice system. Offenders with intellectual disability […]

The Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) program is a New South Wales court-based scheme targeting adult defendants appearing before a participating Local Court who have a demonstrable illicit drug […]