Investigation into hearing impairment among Indigenous prisoners in the Victorian correctional system

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

An investigation into hearing impairment among Indigenous prisoners in the Victorian correctional system was commissioned by Corrections Victoria. The project report by Susan Quinn and Gary Rance from the School of Audiology at the University of Melbourne was completed in August 2006.

The study concluded that the population of Victorian Indigenous prisoners have significantly more hearing problems than would be expected in the general Australian adult population. These findings are relevant to all agencies and services that have contact with Indigenous people, including police, courts, health and education.

Department of Justice, Victoria abstract

Contacts

Corrections Victoria
22/121 Exhibition St
GPO Box 123
Melbourne VIC 3001
Ph: (03) 8684 6600
Fax: (03) 8684 6611
Email: corrections@justice.vic.gov.au

Related publications

Quinn S, Rance G (2006)

Investigation into hearing impairment amongst Indigenous prisoners in the Victorian correctional system.

Melbourne: Strategic Policy and Diversity Unit, Corrections Victoria

• Links
• View report: Investigation into hearing impairment amongst Indigenous prisoners in the Victorian correctional system (PDF - 408.0 KB)
• View information: Investigation into hearing impairment among Indigenous prisoners in the Victorian correctional system
• View website: Department of Justice, Victoria

Links

• View website: Department of Justice, Victoria