This report presents reviews the effectiveness of ADVOs in protecting victims of domestic violence. Included in the report is a brief overview of current research on the protective effectiveness of […]

In common law countries that have been colonized, the colonized peoples are overrepresented in criminal justice statistics and in rates of incarceration. Sentencing laws and court processes have, for some […]

This paper is not specific to Indigenous women but provides valuable insights into re-offending by female parolees. Most women in the study had parole revoked due to drug use. This […]

This is an edited version of the Hon. Bob Debus’ Society of Labor Lawyers Annual lecture in memory of Frank Walker. In it, Mr Debus reflects on changes in the […]

This report examines the changes in the prevalence and nature of self-inflicted deaths in prison over 34 years, comparing data from 1980 to 1998 and 1999 to 2013. While a […]

This report, published by an independent think tank, maps the number of government and non-government Indigenous programs and potential level of duplication across jurisdictions in Australia. It identifies that many […]