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Late-modern developments in Sentencing Principles for Indigenous Offenders: beyond David Garland's framework
Dec, 2008
Authors: Anthony, Thalia

Publishers: Crime and Justice Research Network
This paper explores the late-modern shifts in the characterisation of Indigenous offenders in sentencing judgments and legislation in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. It considers whether David Garland’s…
Law and Justice
July, 2002
Authors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Office of Evaluation and Audit

Publishers: Outcome data measurement: Unfinished business: Evaluation of data for outcome measurement for selected Indigenous service delivery programs, Office of Evaluation and Audit, ASIC, Chapter 4, pp42-54
This chapter focuses on the adequacy of data relating to Indigenous people generated during each phase of the criminal justice system. The chapter discusses, and notes data inadequacies in, the…
Law and justice statistics : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people : a snapshot, 2006
2007
Authors: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Publishers: Australian Bureau of Statistics
This snapshot presents an overview of Indigenous peoples’ experiences of law and justice as reported in the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) as well as…
Law and justice: prevention and early intervention programs for Indigenous youth
2014
Authors: Higgins, Daryl J, Davis, Kristen, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Institute of Family Studies, Closing the Gap Clearinghouse

Publishers: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Despite the multiple policy and practice reforms that were initiated after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, over-representation of Indigenous young people in the juvenile criminal justice system…
Lessons from the mediation obsession : ensuring that sentencing "alternatives" focus on Indigenous self-determination
2002
Authors: Behrendt, Larissa

Publishers: Cambridge University Press
Based on a description of traditional methods of Indigenous dispute resolution and an analysis of the ways in which seemingly neutral laws contain and create bias, this chapter describes the…
Lessons learned in implementing the first four tribal wellness courts
2005
Authors: Gottlieb, Karen

Publishers: National Institute of Justice
This paper oulines lessons learned from the experiences of four tribal wellness courts in the United States: the Hualapai in Peach Springs, Arizona who had both juvenile and adult wellness…
Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing and risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
June, 2009
Authors: Kelly, Kerrie, Dudgeon, Pat, Gee, Graham, Glaskin, Belle, Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association

Publishers: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
The paper addresses the many physical and mental health consequences of systemic discrimination and discusses current determinants of health, recognised as reflecting social, political and economic inequalities. Illuminating the high…
Locating legal assistance demand: using courts data to support legal service planning for First Nations people in NSW
June, 2021
Authors: , ,
This project completed by the NSW Law And Justice Foundation aims to support service planning for the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd (ALS) by sourcing and analysing relevant data and…
Location and segregation: The distribution of the Indigenous population across Australia's urban centres
2009
Authors: Biddle, Nicholas

Publishers: Australian National University
According to the 2006 Census, around three-quarters of Indigenous Australians live in regional areas or major cities. This represents a small, but noticeable increase from previous census years, especially in…
Looking beyond offenders to the needs of victims and communities
2013
Authors: Gooda, Mick, Priday, Emilie, McDermott, Louise

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
As a result of increased advocacy for justice reinvestment in recent years, the Australian Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee is conducting an Inquiry into the value of a justice reinvestment…

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