Aboriginal women comprise almost 50% of all women in custody, and in 1987, Aboriginal women were the victims of 79% of all chargeable homicides in the Northern Territory. They have […]
Aboriginal women comprise almost 50% of all women in custody, and in 1987, Aboriginal women were the victims of 79% of all chargeable homicides in the Northern Territory. They have […]
This article looks at the prevalence and nature of self-reported violence against Aboriginal women in the ten provinces.
Courts and tribunals in Australia are making substantial investments in court technology, in particular, videoconferencing and broadband technology, as a way of delivering justice to remote and regional Australia. While […]
The Sisters In Spirit initiative is a research, education and policy initiative funded by Status of Women Canada. The initiative is designed to address the disturbing numbers of missing and […]
This review examines published and unpublished literature about interventions designed to combat volatile substance misuse (VSM), defined as the deliberate inhalation of a volatile substance in order to achieve a […]
In November 2001 a forum for government and non-government service providers and community members was held to raise awareness of the problem of volatile substance misuse in Mount Isa and […]
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The findings of a longitudinal research study undertaken in three Indigenous communities in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory reported that there were persistently high rates of cannabis use. It […]
In November 2021 the NSW Attorney General announced the Walama List Pilot to commence in February 2022 in the Sydney Downing Centre District Court. Offenders will be drawn from Sydney, […]
The Mount Theo-Yuendumu Substance Misuse Aboriginal Corporation and associated diversionary programs are the Yuendumu community’s current best strategy for dealing with substance misuse among its young people. This article describes […]
Aboriginal Sentencing Courts are not generally understood as ‘therapeutic jurisprudence’. This essay explores a particular Aboriginal Sentencing Court – the Shepparton Koori Court – from its establishment through its first […]