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Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation

Resources November ,2022

Publishers: Taylor & Francis Group

The historical context of colonisation situates the analysis in Children, Care and Crime of the involvement of children with care experience in the criminal justice system in an Australian jurisdiction (New […]

Panacea to Prison? Justice Reinvestment in Indigenous Communities

Resources Jan,2013

Authors: Hudson, Sara
Publishers: Centre for Independent Studies

For many years high Indigenous incarceration rates in Australia have called for numerous ?solutions?, yet the percentage of Aboriginal people in custody has continued to rise, nearly doubling from 14% […]

Evaluation of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement: Phase 2: Final Report

Resources May,2012

Authors: Nous Group, Victorian Department of Justice
Publishers: Department of Justice

The Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA) is a formal partnership between the Victorian Government and the Koori community, which has been operating since June 2000 working to improve justice outcomes […]

A cost benefit analysis of proactive redirection measures in the juvenile justice system : supporting paper for Auditor General’s report on the juvenile justice system : dealing with young people under the Young Offenders Act

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Authors: Flatau, Paul, Zaretzky, Kalene
Publishers: WA Office of the Auditor General

This report provides an estimate of the annual cost savings to the Western Australian Government of proactively diverting young offenders from the court system and from detention in remand in […]

Victorian Implementation Review of the Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Resources Oct,2005

Authors: Victorian Department of Justice
Publishers: Department of Justice

This report presents the findings of Victoria’s first community-led Implementation Review of Recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The report summarises the self-assessment responses received from […]

No Vagrancy : An examination of the impact of the criminal justice system on people living in poverty in Queensland

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Authors: Walsh, Tamara
Publishers: T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

The aim of this project was to investigate the extent to which people living in poverty interact with, and are impacted by, the workings of the criminal justice system in […]

People with intellectual and other cognitive disability in the criminal justice system : Report for NSW Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care

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Authors: Baldry, Eileen, Dowse, Leanne, Clarence, Melissa
Publishers: Department of Family and Community Services NSW, Ageing, Disability and Home Care

This report outlines the key findings of a research project on a cohort of 2,731 individuals in NSW whose mental health disorders and cognitive disability (MHDCD) diagnoses are known, who […]

Reducing Aboriginal Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System 2018-2020

Resources September,2018

Authors:
Publishers: NSW Department of Justice

Aboriginal overrepresentation in the criminal justice system in NSW is a significant problem. There are many challenges that contribute to Aboriginal overrepresentation and there aren’t any simple solutions. A significant […]

Evaluation of the Community Justice Groups : Final report

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Authors: Queensland Deptartment of Justice and Attorney-General, KPMG
Publishers: Department of Justice and Attorney-General

The Queensland Community Justice Group (CJG) Program is funded by the Department of Justice and Attorney General to develop justice strategies, support and reduce Indigenous contact with the criminal justice […]

Indigenous People and Cognitive Disability: An Introduction to Issues in Police Stations

Resources Mar,2006

Authors: Sotiri, Mindy, Simpson, Jim
Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 17(3), pp431-443

This article draws together some of the major themes which emerged from an exploratory study of the issues facing Indigenous people who have a cognitive disability and come into contact […]