Criminal justice
Alternative labels
Criminal justice system
Submission
Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into the incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
NAAJA's submission paper to the Australian Law Reform Commission is written with a focus on a Northern Territory-specific context and to highlight issues and make recommendations based on their authority led by an Aboriginal board and are consistent with their commitment to cultural competency.
Report
Secondary Offences in Victoria
This report presents statistics on the number of secondary offences throughout the data period (2011–12 and 2015–16) and sentencing outcomes for those offences.
Report
Indigenous Australians and the criminal justice system
This paper provides an overview of national statistics pertaining to the high level of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the socioeconomic background to that phenomenon. It also considers how to address this issues by applying the traditional criminal justice principles of equal justice, personal responsibility and fair punishment.
Report
Australia’s criminal justice costs: an international comparison
This paper provides an international comparison of the costs, scope, and effectiveness of criminal justice in Australia.
Briefing paper
Justice reinvestment
This research brief examines the concept of Justice Reinvestment as it was developed and is currently understood in Australia, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.