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Mentoring programs for Indigenous youth at risk

18 Sep 2013

495

Vicki-Ann Ware

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Introduction

This Resource Sheet examines evidence for the effectiveness of mentoring programs in helping to set Indigenous young people at risk of engaging in antisocial and risky behaviours on healthier life pathways.

Mentoring is a relationship intervention strategy that research is showing...



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Communities working to reduce Indigenous family violence

30 Jun 2012

437

Kyllie Cripps, Megan Davis

Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Australian Institute of Criminology

This brief describes some of the promising efforts to reduce Indigenous family violence in Australia and overseas, including both government and community initiatives, as well as support mechanisms and measures for victims.

The issue of family violence in Indigenous communities across Australia has been...



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Sentencing Indigenous offenders

8 Jul 2010

19

Thalia Anthony

Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Australian Institute of Criminology

When sentencing Indigenous offenders, courts in Australia and New Zealand do their work in the knowledge that the rates of Indigenous imprisonment are much higher than the rates for the community as a whole.

This brief seeks to provide an evidence base for the...

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Independent review of policing in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory

18 May 2010

352

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)

This report examines how improve policing services and extend these services to more communities.

The review makes recommendations around consistent service standards; recruitment, training and development; and resource planning and funding considerations for extending policing to remote communities in the Northern Territory.

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Identifying the risks for Indigenous violent victimisation

15 Feb 2010

354

Colleen Bryant

Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Australian Institute of Criminology

It is not a new observation that Indigenous people in Australia experience violence at a higher rate than the general population. The impact of violence on Indigenous people and their communities has been widely documented by government and non-government inquiries, reports and commentaries. As...