Closing the Gap Clearinghouse – Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Closing the Gap Clearinghouse

Diverting Indigenous offenders from the criminal justice system

Resources Dec,2013

Authors: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse

Publishers: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are vastly over-represented in the Australian juvenile and criminal justice systems, with a high cost through exposure to the harsh prison environment, marginalisation, and […]

Family violence prevention programs in Indigenous communities

Resources December,2016

Authors: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse

Publishers: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Institute of Family Studies, Resource Sheet, 37

Research in Australia as in other colonised societies has linked a collapse of traditional Indigenous institutions and roles to contemporary patterns of destructive behaviour, such as heavy alcohol consumption by […]

Law and justice: prevention and early intervention programs for Indigenous youth

Resources

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 […]

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