In South Hedland (regional Western Australia), 51 police detainees were interviewed and compared with a sample of 209 Perth (metropolitan) detainees. In the Pilbara a significantly larger percentage of the […]
Resources August,2015
This paper draws on national and international literature and policy and program evaluations, to establish what is currently known about innovative responses to violence against Indigenous women in Australia, particularly […]
Resources Aug,2007
This report concerns a National Workshop held at Alice Springs in August 2007, which focused on policing responses to alcohol and other substance misuse problems in rural and remote Indigenous […]
Just Futures (This Strategy) aims to improve safety in Queensland’s Indigenous communities and to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as victims and offenders and in […]
This report considers vocational education, post release support and, significantly, innovative strategies to better address the issue of Aboriginal recidivism. However, while this report found that there are significant successes […]
This report summarises the work of the Committee on regional and remote Indigenous communities. It focuses upon Western Australia and New South Wales and examines the justice system, a variety […]
Resources Sept,2010
Alcohol related violence, including family violence, the purchase of unregistered/uninsured vehicles and public drinking legislation are seen as three major criminal justice issues affecting Indigenous Australians. The paper gives a […]
The two legal aid services undertook research into policing under the Northern Territory intervention, particularly in a group of 14 communities that were provided with a police station. They found […]
This report considers research on the problem of crime resulting from alcohol and other drug abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. It provides a review of published […]
The Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Council’s Makin Tracks project, which began in 1999, aimed, among other things, to develop a multi strategy plan for intervention strategies for Aboriginal solvent and […]