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Report of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory (vol 2A)

Resources September,2017

Authors:

Publishers: Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Report of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory (vol 1)

Resources September,2017

Authors: Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

Publishers:

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Report of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory (vol 2B)

Resources September,2017

Authors: Commonwealth of Australia, Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

Publishers: Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory

This report investigates the detention, care and protection systems for children and young people in the NT. The report examines instances of abuse and mistreatment experienced by children, the vast […]

Identifying the broken bridges : an analysis of service gaps for Aboriginal young people at Children’s Courts in New South Wales

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Authors: Cruickshank, Leah, Macquarie Legal Centre

Publishers: Macquarie Legal Centre

The overrepresentation of Aboriginal young people in the criminal justice system is an ongoing social problem. In 2005, Aboriginal young people accounted for 52 percent of 10 to 17 year […]

The review of the Northern Territory Agreement : 12 months on from the commencement of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments establishing the juvenile pre-court diversion program and Aboriginal interpreter service

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Authors: Cth Attorney-General's Department

Publishers: Australian Department of the Attorney-General

This report describes the process and findings of the review of progress of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments to establish a pre-court juvenile diversion scheme and […]

Changing the Neo-Colonial Impacts of Juvenile Justice

Resources July,2008

Authors: Cunneen, Chris

Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 20(1) p43

While there have been some progressive changes in Australian juvenile justice in recent years including developments in youth justice conferencing, more consistent and widely available diversionary options, and a longer […]

Bringing them home and the contemporary criminalisation of Indigenous young people

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Authors: Cunneen, Chris

Publishers: Australian Indigenous Law Review 8 (2008) 12

When the ‘Bringing them home’ report was released in 1997, the focus was very much on the issue of the moral and legal responsibilities for past government policies of forced […]

Evaluation of the Aboriginal Over-representation Strategy : Final Report

Resources June,2006

Authors: Cunneen, Chris, Luke, Garth, Ralph, Nina

Publishers: Department of Justice NSW

The Aboriginal Over-Representation Strategic Plan (AORSP) was released in September 2001. The aim of the AORSP is to decrease the number of Aboriginal young people under the supervision of the […]