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1. Sentencing Aboriginal offenders : an analysis of the Fernando principles [Programs and research project]

Author: Judicial Commission of New South Wales;

Description: Analyse case law and report on the development of the law of sentencing Aboriginal offenders in order to promote consistency of approach in sentencing these offenders.

Keywords: 'Research project';'Courts and sentencing';'Legal services';'Corrections';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272298.html - Cached - No Date

2. Contested politics of the new justice [Programs and research project]

Author: Griffith University;

Description: Restorative justice (RJ) and Indigenous justice (IJ) are transforming responses to crime by emphasising informal processes and community-based decisions. With growth has come contestation over the potential benefits and pitfalls of these new justice forms. The project analyses evidence from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada in two areas: debates among feminist and victim advocacy groups on using RJ for sexual and physical violence, and debates among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people on ...

Keywords: 'Courts and sentencing';'Community development';'Corrections';'Criminal justice system';'Evaluation';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272292.html - Cached - 2001

3. Indigenous research methodologies : frameworks toward Indigenous intellectual sovereignty and the decolonisation of research [Programs and research project]

Author: Flinders University of South Australia;

Description: This project aims to critically examine theories and methods of research enquiry emerging from contemporary Indigenous Australian research scholarship. It does so by asking what is Indigenous about Indigenous research and can there be a distinctive Indigenous Australian perspective on epistemology, methodology and philosophy of research. The research will be informed by analysis of key text/ discourses on Indigenous research methodologies by Indigenous scholars engaged in transformative ...

Keywords: 'Social conditions';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272283.html - Cached - No Date

4. Black on white : Indigenous social constructions of race [Programs and research project]

Author: University of Queensland;

Description: This project examines the contested meanings of race for Indigenous people in Australia through an analysis of the discourses they deploy in articulating their experiences. By considering their lives as contexts for the reproduction of race the research will offer new knowledge about the ways in which Indigenous people racialise themselves and others. The project has important theoretical and practical implications by elaborating and progressing recent advances in constructions of identity ...

Keywords: 'Social conditions';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272287.html - Cached - 2003

5. Understanding and working with anger in male Indigenous people in prison settings [Programs and research project]

Author: University of South Australia;

Description: Anger has links to many important outcomes in the prison environment, including violent behaviour, institutional conflict and self-harm. The nature and consequences of anger have rarely been investigated for imprisoned offenders and little is known about anger in male Indigenous Australians in prison, despite evidence that anger levels in this group are particularly high. This research will explore constitutive, regulatory, procedural and other aspects of anger with male Indigenous ...

Keywords: 'Corrections';'Violence';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272109.html - Cached - 2004

6. Pathways to improved educational attainment for Indigenous Australians : social and institutional factors underlying school participation [Programs and research project]

Author: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Australian National University;

Description: This project aims to provide an economic analysis of social environmental and institutional factors associated with educational participation of Indigenous and other Australian youth. The incentives for Indigenous youth to attend school, include: local labour market conditions, and the extent/nature of Indigenous interaction with the criminal justice system. By identifying the relative importance of the factors underlying education, policy can be directed to reducing dependence on welfare ...

Keywords: 'Education';'Social conditions';'Criminal justice system';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272293.html - Cached - No Date

7. Regional governance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: the development of a legal framework and practical models to address discrimination and disadvantage [Programs and research project]

Author: University of Technology, Sydney;

Description: Many Indigenous people are of the view that the needs and aspirations of their communities may be more effectively negotiated and managed on a local or regional level. Government leaders and agencies have identified more localised decision-making by Indigenous communities as a policy priority. Despite this, there is little comprehensive research regarding the legal and policy issues associated with regional governance for Indigenous people in Australia. This research project will redress ...

Keywords: 'Community development';'Social conditions';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272291.html - Cached - No Date

8. Agreements, treaties and negotiated settlements with Indigenous peoples in settler states : their role and relevance for Indigenous and other Australians [Programs and research project]

Author: University of Melbourne;

Description: The project aims to examine treaty and agreement making with Indigenous Australians, including legal history and foundations, and the nature of the legal rights encompassed by agreements and treaties. It would include an audit of the current state of agreements with Indigenous parties, their purposes, status and outcomes; and would include international comparative research on treaty and agreement making. Outcomes would include a database on treaties and agreements in Australia and ...

Keywords: 'Land rights';'Research project';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/272282.html - Cached - 2002

9. National Indigenous violence and child abuse intelligence task force [Programs and research project]

Author: Australian Crime Commission; Australian Institute of Criminology;

Description: The objectives of the national Indigenous violence and child abuse intelligence task force include: improving the national coordination of the collection and sharing of information and intelligence on violence and child abuse in remote and urban Indigenous communities; enhancing the national understanding of the nature and extent of violence and child abuse in remote and urban Indigenous communities; providing intelligence and other advice to relevant Commonwealth, state and territory ...

Keywords: 'Government policy';'Program';'Criminal justice system';'Family violence';

http://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/projects/273994.html - Cached - 2006

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