While several key contributing factors to illegal activity have been identified and frequently studied, this article identifies mental health/illness, intellectual disability (ID) and Aboriginal status as factors that need further […]
While several key contributing factors to illegal activity have been identified and frequently studied, this article identifies mental health/illness, intellectual disability (ID) and Aboriginal status as factors that need further […]
Indigenous Australian females are under-represented in the Australian labour force and in employment. According to the population census of 2006, 49% of Indigenous females were in the labour force compared […]
All Australian Governments agree that customary law in no way justifies, authorises or requires violence or sexual abuse against women and children. This media release announces that the Commonwealth is […]
This report is the first of two reports into the efficiency and effectiveness of prisoner education, training and employment strategies. Its focus is prison employment activities and prison industries, and […]
Resources October,2014
This resource is a collection of papers from the international Indigenous TJ+ research conference held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in October 2014, which […]
This paper provides an overview of international human rights standards relevant to mandatory sentencing, which include various provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on […]
Aboriginal interpreters in the criminal justice system perform a demanding, thankless, even dangerous job. They are essential to justice for Aboriginal victims and defendants alike, but their scarcity impedes efforts […]
Indigenous people repeatedly state that they do not want white people to tell their stories for them, but within Australia’s legal system, where non-Indigenous lawyers are in the majority, it […]
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) commissioned the Allen Consulting Group to produce this report which takes a systems-based approach to child protection by examining the factors […]
Resources 6 March,2024
Aboriginal people are over-represented in Victorian prisons and have poorer health than people in the general community. This investigation examines the provision of healthcare for Aboriginal people in Victorian prisons. […]