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"The Things Which Must Be Done...": Aboriginal incarceration: the urgent need for Aboriginal community solutions
August, 2016
Authors: Debus, Bob
This is an edited version of the Hon. Bob Debus’ Society of Labor Lawyers Annual lecture in memory of Frank Walker. In it, Mr Debus reflects on changes in the…
'The elders know ... the white man don't know' : offenders' views of the Nowra Circle Court
2011
Authors: Daly, Kathleen, Proietti-Scifoni, Gitana

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Indigenous sentencing courts were established in 1999 to increase trust between Indigenous people and white justice, and to strengthen Indigenous communities. This article highlights the findings from the first in-depth…
'Too hard to handle' : Indigenous victims of violence with disabilities
2010
Authors: Cripps, Kyllie, Miller, Leanne, Saxton-Barney, Jody

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Often service providers find Indigenous victims of violence with disabilities as a group ‘too hard to handle’. In Victoria, assistance to that group is likely to be unavailable or inappropriate…
Bugmy Bar Book

Authors:
What is the Bugmy Bar Book? Launched in 2019, the Bugmy Bar Book is a free, evidence-based resource hosted on the website of the NSW Public Defenders. The project publishes accessible summaries…
Talking Together- Relations between Police and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Victoria: A Review of the Victoria Police Aboriginal Strategic Plan 2003-2008
2011
Authors: Victorian Office of Police Integrity

Publishers: Office of Police Integrity
In 2003 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians were reported to be in close proximity, either as victims, relations to victims or witnesses, to acts of violence. The majority of…
Targeting crime prevention: Identifying communities that generate chronic and costly offenders
April, 2013
Authors: Allard, Troy, Chrzanowski, April, Stewart, Anna

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
The report looks at the group of offenders that cause the most costs to the community. Chronic offenders, predominantly those early onset or adolescent onset offenders, are a small proportion…
Tasmanian Drug Strategy: 2005-2009
2004
Authors: Tasmanian Interagency Working Group on Drugs

Publishers: Department of Human Health and Services Tasmania
The purpose of the new Tasmanian drug strategy is to guide whole-of-government and community activities to reduce the harm associated with the use of licit and illicit drugs in Tasmania.…
Teaching an old dog new tricks : recognition of Aboriginal customary law in Western Australia
2006
Authors: Hands, Tatum L

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
This article examines the discussion paper, ‘Aboriginal customary laws’, released by the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia. The discussion paper is the result of five years of research and…
The 'Intervention' legislation : 'just' terms or 'reasonable' injustice? Wurridjal v Commonwealth of Australia
2010
Authors: Bielefeld, Shelley

Publishers: Australian Indigenous Law Review 14 (2010) 2
This article argues that structural racism systematically disadvantages Indigenous peoples in the contemporary politico-legal environment. The most recent example of institutional racism is the Commonwealth Intervention, enacted in 2007, which…
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
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…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld South) Ltd
2007
Authors: Shadbolt, Gregory

Publishers: National Indigenous Justice CEO Forum (2007: Brisbane)
This presentation outlines the functions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service and what they consider a responsive criminal justice system for Indigenous offenders should contain. These are…
The Cannabis Cautioning Scheme Three Years On: An Implementation and Outcome Evaluation
2004
Authors: Baker, Joanne, Goh, Derek

Publishers: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
The NSW Cannabis Cautioning Scheme commenced in April 2000 and gave police the discretion to formally caution rather than charge adults detected for minor cannabis offences. Cautioned offenders are provided…
The challenge of 'closing the gaps' in Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes
Apr, 2008
Authors: Altman, Jon, Biddle, Nicholas, Hunter, B

Publishers: Australian National University
The notion of ‘closing the gaps’ has attracted considerable attention in Australia during the early days of the new Rudd government elected in November 2007. This is partly because while…
The Charles Perkins Memorial Oration 2005
2005
Authors: Spigelman, James

Publishers: University of Sydney
The speaker, who is the Chief Justice of New South Wales, recalls that he was associated with Charles Perkins on the 1965 Freedom Ride, which first made the issue of…
The Children's Koori Court (Criminal Division)
2007
Authors: Grant, Paul

Publishers: National Indigenous Justice CEO Forum (2007: Brisbane)
This paper, that was delivered at the ‘Cultural healing in criminal justice service delivery: an identification of best practice and innovation to inform further service design’: National Indigenous Justice CEO…
The Choice Violence or Poverty: Domestic Violence and Its Consequences in Australia Today
March, 2022
Authors: Summers, Anne

Publishers: University of Technology
This report looks at the two choices available to women in Australia who are experiencing domestic violence: to stay in the violent relationship, or to leave. and how these decisions…
The Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People in Queensland
2014
Authors: Cunneen, Chris, Allison, Fiona, Schwartz, Melanie

Publishers: James Cook University
This report presents key findings and recommendations from research conducted in 2011-2014 by the Indigenous Legal Needs Project (ILNP) in Queensland, Australia. The ILNP aims broadly, and on a national…
The Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People in the Northern Territory
2012
Authors: Cunneen, Chris, Allison, Fiona, Schwartz, Melanie, Behrendt, Larissa

Publishers: James Cook University
This report presents key findings and recommendations based upon research conducted in 2011 by the Indigenous Legal Needs Project (ILNP) in the Northern Territory (NT). he ILNP aims broadly and…
The Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People in Victoria
Nov, 2013
Authors: Cunneen, Chris, Allison, Fiona, Schwartz, Melanie

Publishers: James Cook University
This report identifies the most pressing legal needs of Indigenous Victorians, which involve housing, discrimination and debt. The report presents key findings and recommendations of research conducted in 2012- 2013…
The Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People in Western Australia
2014
Authors: Cunneen, Chris, Allison, Fiona, Schwartz, Melanie

Publishers: James Cook University
This reports presents key findings and recommendations of research conducted in 2012-2014 by the Indigenous Legal Needs Project (ILNP) in Western Australia. The ILNP aims broadly and on a national…
The Coen Local Justice Group : a community response to family violence in Queensland through the Local Justices Initiatives Program
2001
Authors: Kristiansen, Kari M S, Irving, Megan

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
This article describes the approach taken by the Coen Local Justice Group in central Cape York to addressing recurrent family violence offending at a local level. The Group’s approach involves…
The conditional bail program : early intervention without net widening
2003
Authors: Venables, Philip, Rutledge, Robin

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
The Queensland Conditional Bail Program targets young people who the courts believe are unlikely to comply with bail conditions and may be remanded in custody. It assists them to successfully…
The Cost of Violence against Women and their Children
Mar, 2009
Authors: National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children

Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
In May 2008 the Government established an 11-member national council which was tasked to provide the Government with advice on the development of an evidence-based national plan of action to…
The criminalisation of conduct : Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system
Jan, 2012
Authors: Brown, Laura

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Explores the attitudes of police and the imposition of bail conditions in an attempt to explain why Indigenous juveniles in NSW are incarcerated at a rate 28 times higher than…
The custody of Indigenous youth and young men : a rite of passage? and Diversionary programs (strategies) for youth and other offenders
2001
Authors: Van Zyl, Allan

Publishers: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia
This project is multi-faceted but concentrates on issues related to Indigenous social and community factors related to offending and custody. In particular, it examines a perception that exists in Northern…
The economic and social factors underpinning Indigenous contact with the justice system: Results from the 2002 NATSISS survey
Oct, 2006
Authors: Weatherburn, Don, Snowball, Lucy, Hunter, Boyd

Publishers: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Crime and Justice Bulletin, Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, Number 104
This study uses the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) to examine the economic and social factors that underpin Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system.…
The effective and culturally-appropriate evaluation of Aboriginal community alcohol intervention projects
2002
Authors: Gray, Dennis, Sputore, Brooke
In the past decade, the harm to Indigenous people caused by excessive alcohol consumption has been increasingly acknowledged. A wide range of projects aimed at reducing such consumption and associated…
The effectiveness of the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative in rural and remote Australia
Apr, 2008
Authors: York, Louise, Psychogios, Chrysanthe, Blakey-Fahey, Karen, Bullock, Sally, Sebbens, Carey

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Council of Australian Governments’…
The emergency response to family violence in the Northern Territory : where's the evidence?
2007
Authors: Nancarrow, Heather

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Urgent action is required to address the abuse of women and children in Indigenous communities and all genuine efforts to address Indigenous family violence should be encouraged and supported. The…
The entangled relationship between Indigenous spatiality and government service delivery
2008
Authors: Prout, Sarah

Publishers: Australian National University
The delivery of basic government services to remotely living and frequently mobile Indigenous populations is a highly contentious issue; one which has recently received considerable focus at a Federal policy…
The Family and Civil Law Needs of Aboriginal People in New South Wales
2008
Authors: Schwartz, Melanie, Cunneen, Chris

Publishers: James Cook University
This is a Pilot Project Report on research to provide a greater understanding of the civil and family law needs of Aboriginal people in New South Wales to improve access…
The Family Matters Report 2022
November , 2022
Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Behrendt, Larissa
Family Matters reports focus on what governments are doing to turn the tide on over-representation and outcomes for our children. They also highlight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led solutions…
The Gippsland CommUNITY Walk Against Family Violence : evaluation report
2011
Authors: Laming, Chris, Crinall, Karen, Hurley, Jenny, Patten, Sandra, Goodall, Damien, Yarram, Daphne, Hamer, Kerry, McDonald, Paul

Publishers: Monash University
This evaluation report describes a community initiative that took place in East Gippsland in late November 2008. The Gippsland CommUNITY Walk Against Family Violence extended over four days and brought…
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2011
May, 2011
Authors: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report draws upon the latest available data to provide a contemporary perspective of the health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, presenting a statistical picture of…
The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (4704.0)
2012
Authors: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Publishers: Australian Bureau of Statistics
This is a comprehensive statistical overview, largely at the national level, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welfare. Focussing on topics considered important for the health of Australia’s…
The health and wellbeing of First Nations people in Australia's prisons 2022
29 May, 2024
Authors: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people are recognised as the oldest continuous cultures on earth (Commonwealth of Australia 2017). First Nations people have a holistic concept of health…
The health and wellbeing of First Nations people in Australia’s prisons 2022
29 May, 2024
Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people are recognised as the oldest continuous cultures on earth (Commonwealth of Australia 2017). First Nations people have a holistic concept of health…
The health of Australia's prisoners 2009
June, 2010
Authors: Connell Ellen, Berryman, Liz

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The health of Australia’s prisoners 2009 is the culmination of several years’ development of national indicators in relation to prisoner health in Australia. This first national report shows that prisoners…
The hooded bandit : Aboriginality, photography and criminality in Smith v The Queen
2002
Authors: Biber, Katherine

Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 13(3), pp286-300
In Smith v The Queen, the High Court ruled that identification evidence based on police inspection of a bank security camera photograph of a hooded, apparently Aboriginal bank robber, was…
The housing careers of Indigenous urban households
2008
Authors: Birdsall-Jones,Christina, Corunna, Vanessa

Publishers: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A key feature of housing careers in Australia has traditionally been the strong correlation between life stage and dwelling type. The non-Indigenous expectation in general terms has been one of…
The IJC has launched a podcast series: INITIATIVE
February, 2020 The IJC has released a podcast series called: INITIATIVE Here you’ll find regular conversations with leading experts on a wide range of initiatives and strategies, including the role of culture…
The Impact of Crime Prevention on Aboriginal Communities
2001
Authors: Cunneen, Chris

Publishers: NSW Attorney General's Department
This report provides an overview of the impact of different kinds of crime prevention programs on Aboriginal communities throughout Australia. The report discusses crime levels in Indigenous communities; major crime…
The impact of Indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending
July, 2017
Authors: Shepherd, Stephane, Delgado, Rosa, Sherwood, Juanita, Paradies, Yin
Possessing a strong cultural identity has been shown to protect against mental health symptoms and buffer distress prompted by discrimination. However, no research to date has explored the protective influences…
The Impact of Mandatory Sentencing on Indigenous Offenders
2010
Authors: Jackson, Stephen, Hardy, Fiona

Publishers: National Judicial College of Australia
Indigenous people constitute 82% of the Northern Territory’s prison population. The regime of mandatory sentencing for property offences was introduced in the Northern Territory in 1997, and then repealed in…
The impact of racism upon the health and wellbeing of young Australians
2009
Authors: Mansouri, Fethi, Jenkins, Louise, Morgan, Les, Taouk, Mona, Foundation for Young Australians, The Institue for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Australia

Publishers: Foundation for Young Australians
The project was undertaken to examine the experiences of racism for young people of mainstream, Indigenous, migrant and refugee backgrounds; investigate their responses to racism; and explore the attitudes of…
The impact of the NSW Young Offenders Act (1997) on likelihood of custodial order
Jan, 2013
Authors: Wan, Wai-Yin, Moore, Elizabeth, Moffatt, Steve

Publishers: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, Number 166
The Young Offenders Act 1997 (YOA) created a hierarchy of sanctions designed to divert young offenders from the court system including warnings, police cautions and youth justice conferences. The aim…
The importance of Indigenous stories : the Victorian Implementation Review of the Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
2006
Authors: Edney, Richard

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
The release of this Review provides an assessment of the consequences of dispossession and how they manifest in continuing high rates of Indigenous representation in all stages of the Victorian…
The Justice James Muirhead Churchill Fellowship : To investigate strategies for increasing the cultural integrity of court processes for Aboriginal young people and their families in the Northern Territory Youth Justice System
May, 2013
Authors: Sharp, Jared

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
Our justice system is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal people. We have a system of imposed justice, where Aboriginal people feel little sense of ownership or engagement. Decisions are…
The Koori Court and the Promise of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
2006
Authors: Harris, Mark

Publishers: eLaw journal : Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law Special Series (1) 2006; 129- 141
The Koori Court model that has been established in Victoria in 2002 arose as a direct consequence of the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement, which was designed to ensure, among other…
The Koori Court revisited: a review of cultural and language awareness in the administration of justice
2010
Authors: Stroud, Natalie

Publishers: Australian Law Librarian 18 (3) 2010
The review looks at the links between language and the law and how this affects the administration of justice – especially when dealing with disadvantaged offenders. The review forms part…
The Long Path to Land Justice: The Eddie Moiki Mabo Lecture 2006
2006
Authors: Behrendt, Larissa

Publishers: James Cook University
This lecture explores the barriers to achieving the vision of Aboriginal rights to land that were articulated in the Mabo case. These include the re-conceptualising of native title as a…
The Man Box: A study on being a young man in Australia
October, 2018
Authors: The Men's Project, Irvine, Hannah, Livingstone, Michael, Flood, Michael

Publishers: Jesuit Social Services / Catholic Social Services Australia, The Men's Project
The Man Box is the first study that focuses on the attitudes to manhood and the behaviours of young Australian men aged 18 to 30. It involved an online survey…
The Nagle Report - 25 Years On symposium
July, 2004
Authors: Vinson, Tony, Cunneen, Chris, Baldry, Eileen, Collins, Brett, Brown, David,

Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 16(1), pp93-111
On February 25 2004 a seminar was held at NSW Parliament House to revisit the achievements and reflect on the legacy of the Nagle Royal Commission into NSW Prisons, which…
The National Drug Strategy: Australia's Integrated Framework 2004-2009
2004
Authors: Australian Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy

Publishers: National Drug Strategy Unit, Dept. of Health and Ageing
The National Drug Strategy 2004-2009 provides a framework for a coordinated, integrated approach to drug issues in the Australian community. This document sets out the objectives and priority areas of…
The national plan to reduce violence against women : immediate Government actions
2009
Authors: Australian Department of Social Services

Publishers: Australian Department of Social Services
In May 2008 the Government established an eleven-member national council which was tasked was to provide the Government with advice on the development of an evidence-based national plan of action…
The Northern Territory's cask wine levy : Health and taxation policy implications
2002
Authors: Gray, Dennis, Chikritzhs, Tanya, Stockwell, Timothy
This study aimed to examine the effect of the application, and removal, in the Northern Territory of a levy on the sale of cask wine – a beverage shown to…
The not-so-standard Indigenous question : identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims
2010
Authors: Hardman, Anastasia

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
The collection of data is essential for effective research and policy. The approved method of data collection in relation to Indigenous victims of crime is currently inconsistently adhered to across…
The NSW Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council's family violence awareness and prevention initiatives
2008
Authors: Gerber, Jacqueline

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Problems of family violence and the risk of harm to children, including the sexual assault and neglect of children in Indigenous communities, continue to receive heightened media attention and political…
The NSW Bail Act and Aboriginal defendants
2005
Authors: Schwartz, Melanie

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Figures for 1999 New South Wales Local Court appearances show that Aboriginal defendants are more likely to be refused bail or have heavier conditions placed upon bail where it is…
The PATRICIA Project: PAThways and Research In Collaborative Inter-Agency working: State of knowledge paper
Nov, 2015
Authors: Macvean, Michelle, Humphreys, Cathy, Healey, Lucy, Albers, Bianca, Mildon, Robyn, Connolly, Marie, Parolini, Arno, Spada-Rinaldis, Sophia

Publishers: Australia?s National Research Organisation for Women?s Safety Limited (ANROWS)
This paper examines the processes or practices used by child protection services and specialist domestic violence services or family law services to improve service responses for women and children living…
The Petrol Sniffing Strategy : A case study
2010
Authors: Ray, Tristan, McFarland, Blair

Publishers: The Heartlands : Voices from Central Australia / Dialogue : Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 29 (1) 2010; 68-73
The article argues that, while the Opal fuel initiative to replace unleaded petrol in communities affected by petrol sniffing, has largely been a success, other objectives of the strategy have…
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamines and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
2006
Authors: Delahunty, Brendan, Putt, Judy, National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (Australia)

Publishers: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund, 2006
Concerned about the likely impacts of heavy cannabis use in rural and remote communities and recognising the need to equip police with advice on ways to work more effectively with…
The Prediction of Recidivism with Aboriginal Offenders: A Theoretically Informed Meta-Analysis
January, 2013
Authors: , , ,
Research has established eight theoretically based central risk/need factors predictive of recidivism; however, there is little research examining the applicability of these risk factors to Aboriginal offenders. A meta-analysis was…
The rehabilitation of Indigenous prisoners: an Australian perspective
2003
Authors: Day, Andrew, Howells, Kevin, Casey, Sharon

Publishers: Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 1(1) 2003; 115-133
Drawing on research conducted with Canadian Indigenous offenders and Australian Indigenous offenders, this paper applies the Risk, Needs and Responsivity Model of rehabilitation to Indigenous offenders. While the paper focuses…
The relationship between intellectual disability, Indigenous status and risk of reoffending in juvenile offenders on community orders
2008
Authors: Frize, Matthew, Kenny, Dianna T, Lennings, Christopher J

Publishers: Journal of intellectual disability research 52 (6) Jun 2008
Intellectual disability (ID), age and Aboriginal status have been independently implicated as risk factors for offending to varying degrees. This study examined the relationship between age, ID and the Indigenous…
The retreat from Fernando and the erasure of Indigenous identity in sentencing
2006
Authors: Edney, Richard

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
The decision of R v Fernando remains one of the most influential decisions on the relationship between Aboriginality and sentencing under Australian criminal law. The eight proposed sentencing principles, as…
The review of the Northern Territory Agreement : 12 months on from the commencement of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments establishing the juvenile pre-court diversion program and Aboriginal interpreter service
2002
Authors: Cth Attorney-General's Department

Publishers: Australian Department of the Attorney-General
This report describes the process and findings of the review of progress of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments to establish a pre-court juvenile diversion scheme and…
The Ripple Effect: Understanding the exposure and impact of suicide in Australia
2016
Authors: Maple, M, Kwan, M, Borrowdale, K, Riley, J, Murray, S, Sanford, R,

Publishers: Suicide Prevention Australia, University of New England
This report highlights the need for leadership and improved regional efforts in tackling the rates of suicide in Australia. Qualitative survey data is relied upon extensively throughout. The findings are…
The role of the Australian Crime Commission in policing Indigenous violence and child abuse
2011
Authors: Wallis, Rebecca P

Publishers: Criminal Law Journal, 35(6), pp398-402
The responsibility for policing domestic crime is traditionally the domain of State and Territory police services. The role of the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) is to provide intelligence and investigative…
The Rotorua Second Chance Community-Managed Restorative Justice Programme : an evaluation
2005
Authors: Paulin, Judy, Kingi, Venezia, Huirama, Tautari, Lash, Barb, New Zealand Ministry of Justice

Publishers: New Zealand Ministry of Justice
The Rotorua Second Chance Restorative Justice Programme was selected for re-evaluation by the New Zealand Ministry of Justice so that best practice principles for community-based restorative justice programmes utilising tikanga-based…
The Sentencing of Indigenous Offenders in the Lower Courts: A Study of Three Australian Jurisdictions
2011
Authors: Jeffries, Samantha, Criminology Research Council (Australia), Bond, Christine E W, Australian Institute of Criminology

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
This study examines sentencing outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous adult offenders convicted in the lower courts of South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia between 2005 and 2007. The…
The state of Victoria's children 2009: Aboriginal children and young people in Victoria
2010
Authors: Victorian Deptartment of Education and Early Childhood Development

Publishers: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
This report documents how Aboriginal children and young people aged 0 to 18 years are faring against the whole-of-government outcomes framework, focusing on their health, wellbeing, learning, safety and development.…
The status of indigenous women in policing : a Queensland case study
Mar, 2013
Authors: Fleming, Sheena, Prenzler, Tim, Ransley, Janet

Publishers: Current issues in Criminal Justice, 24(3), pp357-374
A key recommendation of the 1991 report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was the employment of more Indigenous police officers, especially women, in part as a…
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2007
Authors: Davis, Megan

Publishers: Indigenous Law Bulletin 50 (2007) 6 (30)
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognises international norms and evolving human rights standards pertaining to Indigenous peoples. While some of the rights elaborated in the…
The urban and regional segregation of Indigenous Australians: Out of sight, out of mind?
2008
Authors: Atkinson, Rowland, Taylor, Elizabeth, Walter, Maggie

Publishers: Paper No 12, Housing and Community Research Unit, University of Tasmania
Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Indigenous Australians live in cities and towns rather than remote areas of the country, yet remain segregated and ‘invisible’ from the daily lives…
The Use and Impact of Police Diversion for Reducing Indigenous Over-Representation
2010
Authors: Allard, Troy, Stewart, Anna L, Chrzanowski, April, Ogilvie, James, Birks, Daniel J, Little, Simon

Publishers: Criminology Research Council (Australia), Griffith University
While police cautioning and police referred conferencing are widely used throughout Australia, there has been little research on their impact on Indigenous young people. Limited evidence suggests that Indigenous young…
The use of police cautions and youth justice conferences in NSW in 2010
2011
Authors: Moore, Elizabeth

Publishers: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Assesses whether the philosophy of the Young Offenders Act is being adhered to in respect to the nature of offences being diverted and the use of the hierarchical approach to…
The Victorian Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation Review
Jan, 2003
Authors: Day, Andrew, Howells, Kevin, Rickwood, Debra

Publishers: Department of Human Services
The first part of this study reviews the ‘what works’ research literature on the rehabilitation of young offenders; compares this evidence based practice with current service delivery in juvenile justice…
The views and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Queensland's youth detention centres
2009
Authors: Evans, Russell, Fraser, Elizabeth

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
Past studies have found that young people in detention centres are particularly vulnerable to mistreatment in the absence of independent monitoring and advocacy mechanisms. As a monitoring mechanism the Commission…
The Wanganui Community-Managed Restorative Justice Programme : an evaluation
2005
Authors: Paulin, Judy, Kingi, Venezia, Lash, Barb, New Zealand Ministry of Justice

Publishers: New Zealand Ministry of Justice
This evaluation assesses the extent to which the Wanganui Community-Managed Restorative Justice Programme (NZ) met the objectives it had set for itself in its 1999 implementation plan. The evaluation was…
The wellbeing of young Australians: Technical report
2008
Authors: Allen Consulting Group

Publishers: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
This report sets out the evidence supporting the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) Report Card on the wellbeing of young Australians. The ARACY Report Card is unique,…
The white elephant in the room : juries, jury arrays and race
2011
Authors: Goldflam, Russell

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
The Full Court of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory can agitate and ventilate issues in the Northern Territory. With particular reference to two well covered media cases –…
Thematic list of projects using linked data relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
July, 2013
Authors: Scott, Brendan, Dugbaza, Tetteh

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report contains an alphabetical listing and description of past (published since 1991), current and planned data linkage studies relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The publication provides…
Thematic review of court security and custodial services in Western Australia
2010
Authors: Western Australian Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services

Publishers: Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services
This is a review of services provided under the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999 by the public and private sectors. Contract services are currently provided by a subsidiary…
Theories of Indigenous violence: A preliminary assessment
2007
Authors: Snowball, Lucy, Weatherburn, Don

Publishers: Australian Social Policy Conference - Social Policy through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience (2007: Sydney)
A number of theories have been put forward to explain the high level of violence amongst Australia’s Indigenous population. Up until 2002, lack of suitable data on the risk factors…
This is ?Forever Business?: A Framework for Maintaining and Restoring Cultural Safety in Aboriginal Victoria
Nov, 2010
Authors: Frankland, Richard, Bamblett, Murial, Lewis, Peter, Trotter, Robin

Publishers: Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-Op. Ltd
This policy and research report for the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) involving interviews with 131 Aboriginal leaders, community members and young people in six community areas. It considers…
Through young black eyes : a handbook to protect Indigenous children from the impact of family violence and child abuse
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…
Time for Action: the National Council's Plan for Australia to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009-2021
Mar, 2009
Authors: National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children

Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
In May 2008 the Government established an 11-member national council which was tasked to provide the Government with advice on the development of an evidence-based national plan of action to…
Time for Action: the National Council's plan for Australia to reduce violence against women and their children, 2009-2021: A snapshot
Mar, 2009
Authors: National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children

Publishers: Department of Social Services
In May 2008 the Government established an 11-member National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children which was tasked was to provide the Government with advice on the…
To Break the Cycle : Prevention and rehabilitation responses to serious repeat offending by young people
2007
Authors: Cappo, David

Publishers: Social Inclusion, South Australia Department of the Premier and Cabinet
The South Australia Police Operation Mandrake highlighted the very significant issue of serious repeat offending by a small number of young people. This report considers serious youth repeat offending in…
Top End Women's Legal Service
2006
Authors: Martin, Joanna

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales
This paper describes the work of the Top End Women’s Legal Service (TEWLS), a community legal centre, fully funded by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, providing legal advice and representation to…
Torres Strait Justice
2007
Authors: Loban, Heron

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…
Towards a gender-related index for Indigenous Australians
2009
Authors: Yap, Mandy, Biddle, Nicholas

Publishers: Australian National University
In the United Nations Development Programme Gender-related Development Index, Australia ranks in the top five across 179 countries, suggesting that women are achieving similar outcomes to men in life expectancy,…
Towards a Queensland Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ten year partnership: information sheet
2001
Authors: Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy

Publishers: Queensland Government
This document consists of ten information sheets (each with separate title) published electronically and bound together. The information sheets describe the Ten Year Partnership, which is a Queensland Government proposal…
Towards a theory of Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system
22 May, 2024
Authors: Weatherburn, Don, Doyle, Michael, Weatherall, Teagan, Wang, Joanna

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
The Australian Indigenous imprisonment rate is currently 16.7 times the non-Indigenous imprisonment rate. The leading proximate cause of this over-representation is a high rate of Indigenous arrest. In this report…
Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest
22 May, 2024
Authors: Weatherburn, Don, Doyle, Michael, Wang, Joanna

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
This study examines the correlates of First Nations contact with the criminal justice system. Key risk factors include membership of the stolen generation, psychological distress, and having used illicit drugs…
Towards national measures of alcohol-related crime
2018
Authors: Morgan, Anthony, Lyneham, Samantha, Davy, Deanna, Coughlan, Maggie

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
The Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs commissioned the Australian Institute of Criminology to review policing and non-policing data on the involvement of alcohol in crime and to identify options available for…
Track the history : The history of the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families
2007
Authors: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Publishers: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
This timeline details the history of forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families. Information is primarily taken from the findings of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal…
Trapped in the Aboriginal Reality Show
2008
Authors: Langton, Marcia

Publishers: Re-imagining Australia : Griffith Review Edition (19); 143-159
This essay highlights the political pressure and media coverage that culminated in the Commonwealth government’s intervention in Indigenous issues in the Northern Territory in 2007. In it, Langton examines the…
Trends in Child and Youth Prosecutions in New Zealand 2002-2011
July, 2012
Authors: New Zealand Ministry of Justice

Publishers: New Zealand, New Zealand Ministry of Justice
This report identifies the key trends in the New Zealand Ministry of Justice’s Child and Youth Prosecution Statistics 2011. The report focuses on the characteristics and outcomes for children and…
Trends in juvenile detention in Australia
2011
Authors: Richards, Kelly M

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology
An overview of key trends in juvenile detention in Australia since 1981 is provided in this paper, based on data contained in the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Juveniles in Detention…
Trends in the adult Indigenous inmate population in NSW 1998-2010 : the impact of changes in measurement
Dec, 2011
Authors: Corben, Simon

Publishers: NSW Department of Corrective Services, Research Bulletin, No. 32
The Indigenous offender population has continued to increase over recent years in terms of both numbers and imprisonment rates. This paper examines the impact of a number of data definitions…
Twenty years of monitoring since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody : an overview by the Australian Institute of Criminology
2011
Authors: Beacroft, Laura, Lyneham, Mathew, Willis, Matthew J

Publishers: Australian Indigenous Law Review 15 (2011) 1
Provides an overview of trends and issues emerging from analysis of data collected by the Australian Institute of Criminology under the National Deaths in Custody Program
Twenty years on : Indigenous deaths in police custody and lessons from the front line
2012
Authors: Bartels, Lorana, Bartkowiak-Theron, Isabelle, Asquith, Nicole

Publishers: Federation Press
Chapter 12 examines those key findings of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody most relevant to deaths in police custody and custody-related operations. The extent to which…
Two Way Learning & Culturally Appropriate Mediation Training in Remote Communities
2013
Authors: Crawford, Will, Thwaites, Rohan

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of NSW
This article considers the outcomes of mediation training in the remote Northern Territory communities of Gunbalanya/Oenpelli and Lajamanu in 2012, in collaboration with the NT Government. The preliminary outcomes indicate…