A free service initiated by the Magistrates’ Court has been established in Victoria to support Koori men and women involved with family violence matters in the court system. The pilot […]
A free service initiated by the Magistrates’ Court has been established in Victoria to support Koori men and women involved with family violence matters in the court system. The pilot […]
The Koori prisoner mental health and cognitive function study is an initiative between the Victorian Government and the Koori community. The study uses a literature review and interviews with Koori […]
Resources Dec,2008
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 […]
Resources July,2002
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Resources June,2009
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 […]
Resources June,2021
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 […]