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Children and young people in juvenile justice and detention centres

Authors: Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

Publishers: Protecting vulnerable children: A national challenge, 2nd Report of the Commonwealth of Australia Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care (2005)

The Committee received evidence relating to children and young people in juvenile justice centres. This chapter of the Committee’s report covers the legislative framework for young offenders throughout Australia; numbers […]

Naming and shaming youth offenders : bonfire of the vanities

Resources Nov,2013

Authors: Shadbolt, Gregory M

Publishers: Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales

The Principal Lawyer from the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service reflects on the Queensland Government’s proposed laws to allow repeat juvenile offenders’ names to be published. The […]

Diversion of Indigenous juvenile offenders

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Authors: Snowball, Lucy

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

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 […]

Juvenile diversion and Indigenous offenders: a study examining juvenile offenders in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales

Resources Jan,2008

Authors: Snowball, Lucy

Publishers: Criminology Research Council

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 […]

Aboriginal young people in the Children’s Court of Western Australia : findings from the national assessment of Australian Children’s Courts

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Authors: Spiranovic, Caroline, Clare, Joe, Bartels, Lorana, Clare, Michael, Clare, Brenda

Publishers: University of Western Australia law review 38 (2)

This article presents the findings of recent research involving stakeholders in the Children’s Court of Western Australia (CCWA). This research found that the needs of Aboriginal children and their families […]

Wirkara Kulpa: Aboriginal Youth Justice Strategy 2022-23

Resources February ,2022

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Wirkara Kulpa, the Aboriginal Youth Justice Strategy is a first for Victoria and the nation. It has been developed in partnership with the Aboriginal Justice Caucus, the Aboriginal Youth Justice […]

Juvenile Offending Trajectories : Pathways from Child Maltreatment to Juvenile Offending, and Police Cautioning in Queensland : Final Report

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Authors: Stewart, Anna, Dennison, Susan, Hurren, Emily

Publishers: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University

This is the final report of a project funded by the Criminology Research Council. The original title of the project, in the names of Dr Anna Stewart and Dr Susan […]

Indigenous youth justice programs evaluation

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Authors: Stewart, Jacqueline, Hedwards, Bodean, Richards, Kelly M, Willis, Matthew J, Higgins, Daryl J

Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

Diversion from the youth justice system is a critical goal for addressing the over-representation of Indigenous young people in the criminal justice system. In this report, four programs identified under […]

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