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Murri Courts : Indigenous Magistrate Courts : communicating for better outcomes

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Authors: Clare, Jillian
Publishers:

Our legal system was largely inherited from Britain, so it is, therefore based in European-Western cultural and legal traditions. Alongside this, and over many thousands of years, Australian Indigenous communities […]

Naming and shaming youth offenders : bonfire of the vanities

Resources Nov,2013

Authors: Shadbolt, Gregory M
Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales

The Principal Lawyer from the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service reflects on the Queensland Government’s proposed laws to allow repeat juvenile offenders’ names to be published. The […]

No Vagrancy : An examination of the impact of the criminal justice system on people living in poverty in Queensland

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Authors: Walsh, Tamara
Publishers: T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

The aim of this project was to investigate the extent to which people living in poverty interact with, and are impacted by, the workings of the criminal justice system in […]

Not Now, Not Ever ? Putting an End to Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland

Resources Feb,2015

Authors: Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland
Publishers: Brisbane, Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland

The Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland (the Taskforce) was established in 2014 to define the domestic and family violence landscape in Queensland, and make recommendations to […]

Our children, our dreaming: a call for a more just approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families

Resources Jun,2013

Authors: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Publishers: Healing Foundation, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Ltd, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Despite acknowledgement of the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in statutory child protection services across Australia and understanding of the impact or broader social and […]

Outline of a grog and drugs (and therefore violence) strategy

Resources July,2001

Authors: Pearson, Noel
Publishers: Cape York Partnership

This document, prepared by influential Aboriginal lawyer Noel Pearson, provides his analysis of the alcohol and drug problems being experienced in Far North Queensland, with the aim of informing strategy […]

Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation

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Authors: Allard, Troy, Stewart, Anna L, Chrzanowski, April, Ogilvie, James, Birks, Daniel J, Little, Simon
Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

Indigenous over-representation in the justice system is a challenge facing Australian society. Recently, it has been suggested that increased use of diversionary processes could reduce Indigenous over-representation. Reported in this […]

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 […]

Presentation to the Forum on the Queensland Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program

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Authors: Osborne, Howard
Publishers: National Indigenous Justice CEO Forum (2007: Brisbane)

These are the PowerPoint slides used as the basis of a conference paper presented at the ‘Cultural healing in criminal justice service delivery: an identification of best practice and innovation […]

Prevalence of mental illness among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons

Resources July,2012

Authors: Heffernan, Edward B, Andersen, Kimina C, Dev, Abhilash, Kinner, Stuart A
Publishers: Medical journal of Australia 197 (1)

This study aims to estimate the prevalence of mental disorder in a representative sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons. Cross-sectional assessment of mental health using […]