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Aboriginal Women Leaving Custody. Report into Barriers to Housing

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Authors: Legal Aid NSW
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This is a recent evaluation of a program that provided legal assistance to Aboriginal women leaving custody to obtain housing in NSW. The report identifies the importance of housing to […]

Indigenous women and the RCIADIC : part I

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Authors: Marchetti, Elena
Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales

In April 1991, the final national report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) was released. This report was the result of a lengthy and detailed investigation […]

Prohibited Behaviour Orders and Indigenous Overrepresentation in the Criminal Justice System

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Authors: Crofts, Thomas, Mitchell, Tanya
Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 23(2), pp277-285

It has been 20 years since the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody which drew attention to the alarmingly disproportionate levels of Indigenous people in custody. […]

Corrective services, Australia

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National data on persons in custody and community-based corrections, collected from corrective services agencies in each state and territory. Data for all prisoners on sex, type of custody (open or […]

The conditional bail program : early intervention without net widening

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Authors: Venables, Philip, Rutledge, Robin
Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

The Queensland Conditional Bail Program targets young people who the courts believe are unlikely to comply with bail conditions and may be remanded in custody. It assists them to successfully […]

The custody of Indigenous youth and young men : a rite of passage? and Diversionary programs (strategies) for youth and other offenders

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Authors: Van Zyl, Allan
Publishers: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia

This project is multi-faceted but concentrates on issues related to Indigenous social and community factors related to offending and custody. In particular, it examines a perception that exists in Northern […]

Causes of Death

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Data on causes of deaths in Australia, compiled from individual state and territory Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages, supplemented by information from the National Coroners Information Service. Data includes […]

Blunting the legacy of alcohol abuse in Western Australia

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Authors: Kirby, Tony
Publishers: The Lancet 379

After bravely ushering in alcohol sale restrictions proposed by its residents, a remote Western Australian community is tackling the long-term effects of alcohol misuse. Fitzroy Crossing, an isolated town with […]

Responding to petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands : A case study

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Authors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Publishers: Social justice report 2003 / Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. Canberra : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2004; 107-154

In September 2002, the South Australian Coroner brought down his findings in the inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ken, Kunmanara Hunt and Kunmanara Thompson, three young Anangu men who […]

Twenty years of monitoring since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody : an overview by the Australian Institute of Criminology

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Authors: Beacroft, Laura, Lyneham, Mathew, Willis, Matthew J
Publishers: Australian Indigenous Law Review 15 (2011) 1

Provides an overview of trends and issues emerging from analysis of data collected by the Australian Institute of Criminology under the National Deaths in Custody Program