Between 1999 and 2003 traffic and vehicle regulatory offences accounted for 11.9 per cent of recorded offences among Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, a remote Aboriginal (APY) community in South Australia. The […]
This study examines sentencing outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous adult offenders convicted in the lower courts of South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia between 2005 and 2007. The […]
In their statistical analyses of higher court sentencing in South Australia, Jeffries and Bond found evidence that Indigenous offenders were treated more leniently than non-Indigenous offenders, when they appeared before […]
In Australia, research investigating Indigenous differences in sentencing is limited. This study examines the impact of offenders’ Indigenous status on the decision to imprison and length of imprisonment in South […]
This paper describes and evaluates the process, impacts and outcomes of an Aboriginal Family and Community Healing (AFCH) Program based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. The evaluation used participatory action […]
The South Australia Police Future Directions Strategy, published in 2003, committed its members to maximising participation of diverse community groups in policing programs and strategies. To that end, South Australia […]
This report presents the results of a review of the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Adult Conference Pilot conducted during 2007/2008. The pilot aimed to involve members of the community and victims […]
Resources Apr,2008
This report relates to the incidence of child sexual abuse on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, its nature, extent and consequences on the health and well-being of individuals and the […]
Resources Jan,2008
This study was motivated by a concern that Indigenous juvenile offenders were not receiving the benefits of diversionary schemes. Its aim was to assess how much of a difference in […]
Conferencing and cautioning are used as diversionary alternatives in the juvenile justice system and there is evidence to suggest they reduce reoffending. As Indigenous young people are overrepresented in the […]