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Occasional Paper No.20: Stories on ‘growing up’ from Indigenous people in the ACT metro/Queanbeyan region

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Authors: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

This paper presents a summary of the information collected during FaHCSIA’s community engagement qualitative trial undertaken in the Australian Capital Territory metropolitan region and the Queanbeyan region as part of […]

You do the crime, you do the time : best practice model of holistic health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates of the ACT prison

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Authors: Poroch, Nerelle, Tongs, Julie, Sharp, Peter, Dodson, Mick, Larkin, Steve, Mikhailovich, Katja, Fisher, Jodie, Lovett, Ray, Arabena, Kerry, Van den Dungen, John, Nappaljari Jones, Jilpia, Smith, Leila, Victoria, Jo, Henderson, Graham
Publishers: Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

The Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service study develops a best practice model of holistic health service delivery for Aboriginal inmates of the ACT Alexander Maconochie Centre. It highlights the limited […]

Criminal justice initiatives for Indigenous offenders

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Authors: Gamble, Seranie
Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales

This article briefly describes a number of alternative courts for sentencing Indigenous offenders which have been established throughout Australia. The initiatives described are circle sentencing in New South Wales; Koori […]

What works in reducing young people’s involvement in crime?: Review of current literature on youth crime prevention

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Authors: Taylor, Wendy, Sallybanks, Jo
Publishers: ACT Chief Minister's Department

This report provides an overview of the current knowledge of what works in preventing and reducing offending in young people aged 12 to 25 years. It forms part of a […]

Restorative justice in diverse and unequal societies

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Authors: Daly, Kathleen
Publishers: Law in Context, 17(1) 2000

The literature that has emerged around restorative justice often claims that restorative justice delivers more effective justice, partly because it offers community members and organisations a far wider role than […]