Resources

The findings and recommendations from the evaluation of the implementation and early outcomes are provided on the Social Policy Research Centre, on University of NSW’s website. The reports are made […]

Community Justice Centres are neighbourhood-focused centres that seek to enhance community participation in the justice system, address local problems, and enhance the quality of local community life. This paper provides […]

This brief provides an overview of innovative and exemplary research approaches and practice undertaken with and by Indigenous communities that is relevant to crime and justice research.  The brief covers […]

The first brief examines strong Indigenous communities. This brief describes the variation in Indigenous crime rates among communities and describes what we know about safe communities that have low rates […]

There is now a substantial amount of published literature describing the range of programs and interventions that have been implemented in an attempt to improve aspects of community safety. Only […]

Publishers: NSW Ombudsman

The New South Wales’ Ombudsman findings and recommendations following an examination of the concerns raised by the Bourke and Brewarrina Aboriginal Community Working Parties about service delivery to vulnerable children […]

This article summarises the report ‘This is Forever Business: A Framework for Maintaining and Restoring Cultural Safety in Aboriginal Victoria’. The article scopes the issue of cultural safety and considers […]

This Technical and Background Paper summarises the results of a Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department’s funded project. The project aimed to clarify the contribution of the community night patrol program in […]

This policy and research report for the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) involving interviews with 131 Aboriginal leaders, community members and young people in six community areas. It considers […]

This report on the development of a community safety survey arose from a need for a greater level of awareness about the behaviours and circumstances that affect community safety and […]