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Guiding principles for developing initiatives to prevent child sexual abuse material offending
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offending — broadly defined as the viewing, sharing and production of material (eg: images or videos) depicting the sexual abuse of a child — is a global crime that is flourishing with ongoing advances in technology. This paper provides an overview of principles to guide the development and implementation of...
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Online dating app facilitated sexual violence victimisation among people with disability
This study is part of a body of work examining the prevalence and nature of online harms facilitated by mobile dating apps and websites, with a focus on experiences of online sexual harassment, aggression and violence among users with disability. This research found that online sexual harassment and abusive and threatening language were very commonly...
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Towards a theory of Indigenous contact with the criminal justice system
The authors of this report argue that measures to reduce illicit drug and alcohol use, improve school retention and improve economic outcomes for Indigenous Australians are essential if Australia is to achieve any long-term reduction in the scale of Indigenous over-representation in prison.
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Towards an understanding of Indigenous arrest
This study examines the correlates of First Nations contact with the criminal justice system. Key risk factors include membership of the stolen generation, psychological distress, and having used illicit drugs and alcohol over the preceding 12 months. The latter increases the marginal risk of arrest by 14 percentage points.
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A whole-of-university response to youth justice: reflections on a university–youth justice partnership
The University of Sydney and Youth Justice New South Wales signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in July 2021. This MoU builds on various prior collaborative activities between the two organisations and related work in other jurisdictions. This paper reflects on the progress and challenges of collaboration of this kind.