Community justice groups – Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Community justice groups

Author	Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet; Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy; Crime Prevention Queensland
Date	2002
Source/Publisher	Kainedbiipitli ngalpun lagia Torres Strait = A new dawn over our land the Torres Strait Islands : preventing crime in Torres Strait Island communities. Brisbane : Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 2002\| 59-66
Subjects	Crime prevention

Description

This chapter provides details of an important crime prevention initiative, the Local Justice Initiatives Program, which is already operating in over 30 Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal communities in Queensland. The chapter describes activities carried out by Community Justice Groups established under the program; describes how you can set up a Community Justice Group in your community; outlines the role of outstations as community based alternatives to custody for members of Torres Strait Island communities; lists things to remember when setting up an outstation; and describes the services provided by the Blackboy Outstation near Woorabinda, Qld.

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The Indigenous justice clearinghouse is a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Criminology, the National Indigenous Australians Agency, the Australian States and Territories and New Zealand.

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