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What works? A review of actions addressing the social and economic determinants of Indigenous health

Resources Dec,2013

Authors: Osborne, Katy, Baum, Fran, Brown, Lynsey
Publishers: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The health disadvantages experienced by Indigenous Australians are shaped by the broader social and economic conditions in which they live. In this paper, evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes and […]

Mentoring programs for Indigenous youth at risk

Resources Sept,2013

Authors: Ware, Vicki-Ann
Publishers: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Research has shown that mentoring can have powerful and lasting positive impacts on the behavioural, academic and vocational outcomes of at-risk youth. This resource sheet examines the evidence on the […]

Footprints in Time : The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – Key Summary Report from Wave 5

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Authors: Department of Social Services
Publishers: Department of Social Services

The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (also known as LSIC and Footprints in Time) study collects important information about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, covering areas […]

Participants or just policed? Guide to the role of DisabilityCare Australia with people with intellectual disability who have contact with the criminal justice system

Resources May,2013

Authors: Simpson, Jim
Publishers: NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

Various studies indicate that people with intellectual disability are highly represented in the criminal justice system and this appears particularly clear in the juvenile justice system. Offenders with intellectual disability […]

Footprints in Time : The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – Key Summary Report from Wave 4

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Authors: Department of Social Services
Publishers: Department of Social Services

The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (also known as LSIC and Footprints in Time) study collects important information about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, covering areas […]

Footprints in Time : The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – Key Summary Report from Wave 3

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Authors: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (also known as LSIC and Footprints in Time) study collects important information about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, covering areas […]

Research into the New Life Akoranga Programme of the Mahi Tahi Trust

Resources Dec,2003

Authors: Wehipeihana, Nan, Porima, Laurie, Spier, Philip
Publishers: New Zealand Ministry of Justice

The Mahi Tahi Trust works with prison inmates and their whanau (family), helping them to discover and recover traditional Maori principles, values and disciplines. The work is centred on four […]

Disadvantage, Drugs and Gaol: Re-thinking Indigenous Over-representation in Prison

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Authors: Weatherburn, Don
Publishers: Conference of the Australasian Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (2006: Cairns)

This conference paper discusses findings that it is drug and alcohol abuse, not poverty and unemployment, which are the key factors behind the high rate of Aboriginal imprisonment. Far from […]

Circle sentencing of Aboriginal offenders

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Authors: Dick, Doug, Sentencing Principles, Perspectives and Possibilities Conference
Publishers: Sentencing Principles, Perspectives and Possibilities Conference (2006 : Canberra)

Circle Courts are designed to educate the community on issues surrounding offending and the promotion and enrichment of Aboriginal culture and family values. Circle sentencing operates on the belief that […]

Foster and kinship care recruitment campaigns : a review and synthesis of the literature

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Authors: McGuinness, Kate, Arney, Fiona
Publishers: Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research

This paper provides background information about the best ways of increasing the number of high quality foster and kinship carers in the Northern Territory (NT) by considering: what characteristics of […]