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Indigenous disadvantage: can strengthening cultural attachment help to Close the Gap?

Resources Oct,2011

Authors: Roth, Lenny
Publishers: NSW Parliamentary Library

This e-brief provides a review of Australian and international studies on the relationship between Indigenous lives and cultural attachment and related socio-economic outcomes. Using statistical information on language and culture […]

Kaupapa Maori wellbeing framework: the basis for whanau violence prevention and intervention

Resources Apr,2014

Authors: Dobbs, Terry, Eruera, Moana
Publishers: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse

This paper highlights the need for alternative prevention and intervention strategies to curb the ?epidemic? of family violence within Aotearoa New Zealand. The paper discusses the context of violence and […]

Maori designed, developed and delivered initiatives to reduce Maori offending and re-offending: A report on the wananga hosted by Te Puni K?kiri

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Authors: Workman, Kim, Albert, Ruahine, Simpson, Ariana, Clark, Hera, O'Reilly, Denis, Dunn, Roy, Te Whaiti, Edge, O'Reilly, Laurence, Tamati, Kevin, Candy, Anne, Kupa, Georgina, Karangaroa, Roberta, Te Puni Kkiri
Publishers: Te Puni K?kiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

This report covers the proceedings of the wananga hosted by Te Puni Kokiri, 24 June 2010, Brentwood Hotel Wellington, New Zealand. The purpose of the wananga was primarily an opportunity […]

Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system : an exploratory report

Resources Sept,2007

Authors: Policy, Strategy and Research Group, Department of Corrections
Publishers: Department of Corrections

Maori are disproportionately over-represented in criminal justice statistics to an alarming degree. This paper attempts to shed light on why this is so. It examines the issue by considering the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Restorative Justice, Gendered Violence, and Indigenous Women

Resources May,2009

Authors: Stubbs, Julie
Publishers: Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 09/27

The debate surrounding the use of restorative justice (RJ) for domestic violence and sexual assault offences is becoming increasingly complex. The author examines the theoretical constraints on the ability of […]

Sentencing Indigenous offenders in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Resources September,2016

Authors: Marchetti, Elena, Anthony, Thalia
Publishers:

In common law countries that have been colonized, the colonized peoples are overrepresented in criminal justice statistics and in rates of incarceration. Sentencing laws and court processes have, for some […]

Staying strong on the outside: improving the post-release experience of Indigenous young adults

Resources Feb,2009

Authors: Gilbert, Robyn, Wilson, Anna
Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology, Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse, Brief 4, NSW Attorney General's Department

The rate of imprisonment of Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand continues to be unacceptably high. Indigenous people are more likely to return to prison than are non-Indigenous people. […]

The IJC has launched a podcast series: INITIATIVE

Resources February,2020

The IJC has released a podcast series called: INITIATIVE Here you’ll find regular conversations with leading experts on a wide range of initiatives and strategies, including the role of culture […]