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2013
Aboriginal Affairs Taskforce (2013)
Victorian Government Aboriginal affairs report 2012.
Melbourne: Department of Planning and Community Development
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)
Youth justice in Australia 2011–12: an overview.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (2013)
Insights from the coalface: the value of justice reinvestment for young Australians.
Sydney: Australian Youth Affairs Coalition
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (2013)
Youth justice.
Perth: Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
Doolan I, Najman JM, Mills R, Cherney A, Strathearn L (2013)
Does child abuse and neglect explain the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in youth detention? Findings from a birth cohort study.
Child Abuse & Neglect; 37(5): 303–309
Smallbone S, Rayment-McHugh S (2013)
Preventing youth sexual violence and abuse: problems and solutions in the Australian context.
Australian Psychologist; 48(1): 3–13
Wan W, Moore E, Moffatt S (2013)
The impact of the NSW Young Offenders Act (1997) on the likelihood of a custodial order.
Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Western Australian Council of Social Service, Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2013)
Justice & community safety in Western Australia: a call for efficient investment in effective outcomes.
Perth, WA: Western Australian Council of Social Service
This report outlines offending and justice issues in Western Australia (WA), and recommends a policy shift to 'justice reinvestment', an approach that aims to address the risk factors of crime, crime prevention, and adequate rehabilitation of offenders. This report provides details on:
- current levels of offending in WA and the economic costs associated with these levels
- the health and social determinants of offending
- the role of the community sector
- barriers to the adoption of a 'justice reinvestment' approach in WA
- the 'delivering community services in partnership' policy in WA
- recommendations.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2012
Aboriginal Affairs Taskforce (2012)
Victorian Government Indigenous affairs report 2010-11.
Melbourne: Department of Planning and Community Development
ACT Community Services Directorate (2012)
Blueprint for youth justice in the ACT 2012-22.
Canberra, ACT: ACT Community Services Directorate
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification in community services data collections: an updated data quality report.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Children and young people at risk of social exclusion: links between homelessness, child protection and juvenile justice.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Girls and young women in the juvenile justice system: 2010-11.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Indigenous young people in the juvenile justice system: 2010–11.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Juvenile detention population in Australia 2011.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Juvenile detention population in Australia: 2012.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Juvenile justice in Australia: 2010–11.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)
Linking SAAP, child protection and juvenile justice data: technical report.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Beresford Q (2012)
Crime, justice and Aboriginal youth.
In: Beresford Q, Partington G, Gower G, eds. Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education: fully revised edition. Revised ed. Perth, WA: UWA Publishing: 235-260
Blagg H (2012)
Re-imagining youth justice: cultural contestation in the Kimberley region of Australia since the 1991 Royal
Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Theoretical Criminology; 16(4): 481-498
Brown L (2012)
The criminalisation of conduct: Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system.
Indigenous Law Bulletin; 7(28): 8-11
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2012)
Child Guardian report: investigation into the use of force in Queensland youth detention centres.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA (2012)
Building blocks: best practice programs that improve the wellbeing of children and young people – edition one.
Perth: Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
This report, prepared by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Western Australia, provides the details of 82 evidence-based programs from WA and across Australia. These programs demonstrate best or promising practice and all aim to increase the wellbeing of children and young people. Each program addresses at least one of the eight areas of wellbeing:
- health and safety
- education
- material wellbeing
- family and peer relationships
- participation
- subjective wellbeing
- behaviours and risks
- environment.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Crane PR (2012)
Youth alcohol and drug practice guide 2: legal and ethical dimensions of practice.
Brisbane: Dovetail
This report was developed to provide a good practice guide for workers or services in Queensland engaging with young people affected by alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. The report covers the legal and ethical dimensions of practice in the AOD field, and aims to contribute to the growing knowledge and skill-base on how to most effectively work with young people experiencing problematic AOD use.
This report is one of six good practice guides developed by Dovetail in partnership with the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. The guides are designed for use by practitioners across clinical and community-based contexts.
Abstract adapted from Dovetail
Doolan I, Najman JM, Cherney A (2012)
Health needs of Australian Indigenous young people entering detention.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 48(10): 896–901
Indig D, Haysom L (2012)
Smoking behaviours among young people in custody in New South Wales, Australia.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 31(5): 631–637
Office of the Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services (2012)
Office of the Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services report: June 2011 to August 2012.
Darwin: Office of the Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services
This is the first of two annual reports that examine the objectives, strategies and funding arrangements of agreements that form the basis of the partnership between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory (NT) governments aimed at closing the gap in living conditions and social outcomes for Aboriginal Territorians.
The geographies assessed in the report include; Territory growth towns, Community living areas, town camps, homelands, communities and outstations.
The report focuses on four major themes arising from the approach taken by governments in relation to Aboriginal people since the NT emergency response (NTER) commenced in 2007 and reflected in the Stronger futures arrangements proposed for the next ten years. These are:
- transparency and accountability
- the balance between the crisis and developmental aspects of initiatives under both the NTER and Stronger futures
- the marginalisation of Aboriginal people in decision making and resource allocation
- the lack of long-term planning and capacity development within Aboriginal towns, particularly the transfer of service delivery from Aboriginal organisations to the non-Indigenous, non-profit sector.
The report makes twelve recommendations in the following areas:population and mobility; one-stop shop business centres; accountability and transparency; prioritisation of investments; community safety; early childhood; education; youth services review; labour force participation; workforce development (housing); housing; and health (morgues).
Abstract adapted from Office of the Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services report
Pheeney D (2012)
"Do you reckon I'm gunna get bail?": The impact and consequences of New South Wales bail laws on Aboriginal juveniles.
Indigenous Law Bulletin; 7(30): 3-7
Weatherburn D, Bargen J (2012)
Future directions for juvenile justice in NSW [video].
: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics
Whitton N, Indig D (2012)
Improving Aboriginal juvenile detainees' access to community health services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 36(1): 13-17
2011
Stewart A, Allard T, Dennison S, eds. (2011)
Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice.
Sydney: Federation Press
Allard T (2011)
Indigenous young people and the justice system: establishing an evidence base.
In: Stewart A, Allard T, Dennison S, eds. Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice. Sydney: Federation Press: 28-45
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2009-10.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2009-10: an overview.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Juvenile justice in Australia, 2008-09.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (2011)
Submission to the House of Representatives Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues: inquiry into the high level of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system.
Dulwich Hill, NSW: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Bond CEW, Jeffries S (2011)
Indigeneity and the likelihood of imprisonment in Queensland's adult and children's courts.
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; 19(2): 169-183
Borowski A (2011)
In courtroom 7— the Children’s Koori Court at work: findings from an evaluation.
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology; 55(7): 1110-1134
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)
Child guardian: consultation report youth justice system.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)
Summary report - views of young people in detention centres, Queensland, 2011.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)
Views of young people in detention centres, Queensland, 2011.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)
Your views... Detention Queensland 2011.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Higgins D (2011)
Protecting children: evolving systems.
Family Matters; 89(2011): 5-10
Indig D, Vecchiato C, Haysom L, Beilby R, Carter J, Champion U, Gaskin C, Heller E, Kumar S, Mamone N, Muir P, van den Dolder P, Whitton G (2011)
2009 NSW young people in custody health survey: full report.
Sydney: Justice Health and Juvenile Justice
Indig D, Vecchiato C (2011)
Social determinants of health, risk behaviours and mental health among Aboriginal juvenile detainees.
Paper presented at the Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health Conference. 5-6 May 2011, Doltone House, Sydney
Judicial Officers Bulletin (2011)
Mentoring Indigenous young people: the Tribal Warrior program.
Judicial Officers Bulletin; 23(1): 5-6
Little S, Allard T, Chrzanowski A, Stewart A (2011)
Diverting young Indigenous people from the Queensland youth justice system : the use and impact of police diversionary practices and alternatives for reducing Indigenous over-representation.
Brisbane: Justice Modelling @ Griffith
New South Wales Ombudsman (2011)
Kariong Juvenile Correctional Centre: meeting the challenges.
Sydney: New South Wales Ombudsman
Richards K, Rosevear L, Gilbert R (2011)
Promising interventions for reducing Indigenous juvenile offending.
Sydney: Indigenous justice clearinghouse
Richards K (2011)
Measuring juvenile recidivism in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Richards K (2011)
Trends in juvenile detention in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Satya S, Barson RB (2011)
A contemporary snapshot of two issues upon which the RCIADIC report commented: youth justice and the over-incarceration of Aboriginal young people, and alcohol-related offences and offending.
Australian Indigenous Law Review; 15(1): 87-93
Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (2011)
Doing time - time for doing: Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system.
Canberra: Parliament of Australia
This report by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs presents findings from an inquiry into the high levels of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system. The committee was focused on identifying reasons for the continuing over-representation of Indigenous young people in custody, and specifically ways of prevention and early intervention to curb this.
A major finding of the committee was the need for the Closing the gap strategy to include a national partnership agreement specifically relating to the Safe communities building block which would be inclusive of specific targets relating to justice. The committee made 40 recommendations to the Australian Government.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Vinson T, Ericson M (2011)
Young people on remand in Victoria: guilt not yet determined, balancing individual and community interests.
Melbourne: Jesuit Social Services
2010
Safe Aboriginal Youth Program (2010)
Aboriginal Programs Unit
Developed by New South Wales (NSW) Government to reduce the rate of juvenile offending, the Safe Aboriginal youth (SAY) program provides two different youth support options, implemented by non-government organisations and operating in 11 NSW communities. The SAY patrol model provides a safe transport and outreach service for young people who are on the streets late at night. The SAY activity model provides supervised recreational and structured activities and access to food.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Allard T, Stewart A, Chrzanowski A, Ogilvie J, Birks D, Little S (2010)
Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
This report describes the findings of a study into the incidence, nature, and outcome of contact with the juvenile justive system, for a cohort of 8,236 young people aged 10 to 16 years in Queensland between 2000 and 2007. The study was designed to assess whether greater use of diversionary measures, as opposed to formal sanctions, would reduce over-representation of Indigenous juveniles within the juvenile justice system. The study comprised three primary research topics: the amount/extent of contact with the juvenile justice system; processes used; and the impact of police diversion on further contact with the juvenile justice system. The study's findings indicate that Indigenous juveniles come into contact with police earlier, at a more frequent rate and are less likely to be diverted to informal measures than non-Indigenous juveniles.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2008-09: interim report - main tables.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Borowski A (2010)
Indigenous participation in sentencing young offenders: findings from an evaluation of the Children's Koori Court of Victoria.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology; 43(3): 465-484
Indig D, McEntyre E, Page J, Ross B (2010)
2009 NSW inmate health survey: Aboriginal health report.
Sydney: Justice Health
NSW Ombudsman (2010)
Inquiry into service provision to the Bourke and Brewarrina communities : a special report to Parliament under section 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974.
Sydney: NSW Ombudsman
Richards K, Lyneham M (2010)
Juveniles in detention in Australia, 1981-2008.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Sawyer MG, Guidolin M, Schulz K, McGinnes B, Baghurst P, Zubrick SR (2010)
Mental health problems among young people on remand: has anything changed since 1989?.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 34(6): 594–597
Sawyer MG, Guidolin M, Schulz KL, McGinnes B, Zubrick SR, Baghurst PA (2010)
The mental health and wellbeing of adolescents on remand in Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 44(6): 551-559
Smith N (2010)
Why is the NSW juvenile reconviction rate higher than expected?.
Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Brown L, Zulumovski K (2009)
A better future for Australia's Indigenous young people: submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into the high level of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system.
Sydney: Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Carrington K, Pereira M (2009)
Offending youth : sex, crime and justice.
Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press
Fernandez JA, Walsh MRJ, Maller MG, Wrapson W (2009)
Police arrests and juvenile cautions Western Australia 2006.
Perth, WA: Crime and Research Centre, University of Western Australia
Gilbert R, Wilson A (2009)
Staying strong on the outside: improving the post-release experience of Indigenous young adults.
Sydney: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse
MacLean S, Bruun A, Mallett S, Green R (2009)
Social contexts of substance use for vulnerable 13-15 year olds in Melbourne youth drug reporting system.
Melbourne: Department of Health, Victoria
National Justice Chief Executive Officers Group (2009)
Staying strong on the outside: Indigenous young adults - final report.
Sydney: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse
Richards K (2009)
Juveniles' contact with the criminal justice system in Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Smallbone S, Crissman B, Rayment-McHugh S (2009)
Improving therapeutic engagement with adolescent sexual offenders.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law; 27(6): 862-877
Taylor N (2009)
Juveniles in detention in Australia, 1981-2007.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Koori youth justice (2009)
Victorian Department of Human Services
The Koori youth justice factsheet, produced by the Victorian Department of Human Services, provides information on youth justice programs designed for Koori people in Victoria. The factsheet includes details on:
- the Koori youth justice program
- the Koori intensive bail support program
- the Koori early school leavers and youth education program
- the Koori pre and post release program
- the Yannabil youth justice Koori visitors program
- the health and safety of young people in custody
- Aboriginal cultural support plans
- the role of youth justice units
- the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement
- training and future directions.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2008
Butler T, Belcher JM, Champion U, Kenny D, Allerton M, Fasher M (2008)
The physical health status of young Australian offenders.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32(1): 73-80
Frize M, Kenny D, Lennings C (2008)
The relationship between intellectual disability, Indigenous status and risk of reoffending in juvenile offenders on community orders.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research; 52(6): 510-519
Kenny DT, Lennings CJ, Nelson PK (2008)
The mental health of young offenders serving orders in the community: implications for rehabilitation.
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation; 45(1&2): 123-148
Kenny DT, Nelson PK, Schreiner I, Lennings CJ, Butler T (2008)
Young offenders on community orders: health, welfare and criminogenic needs.
Sydney: Sydney University Press
Stathis S, Letters P, Doolan I, Fleming R, Heath K, Arnett A, Cory S (2008)
Use of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument to assess mental health problems in young people within an Australian youth detention centre.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 44(7-8): 438-443
Van der Poorten D, Kenny D, George J (2008)
Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders.
Medical Journal of Australia; 188(10): 610-614
2007
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Barrett S (2007)
Pathways to detention.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Griffith University: Brisbane
Cappo D (2007)
To break the cycle: prevention and rehabilitation responses to serious repeat offending by young people.
Adelaide: South Australian Social Inclusion Initiative
Cunningham T (2007)
Pre-court diversion in the Northern Territory: impact on juvenile reoffending.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Kenny DT, Lennings CJ (2007)
Cultural group differences in social disadvantage, offence characteristics, and experience of childhood trauma and psychopathology in incarcerated juvenile offenders in NSW, Australia: implications for service delivery.
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; 14(2): 294-305
Stathis S, Letters P, Dacre E, Doolan I, Heath K, Litchfield B (2007)
The role of an Indigenous Health Worker in contributing to equity of access to a mental health and substance abuse service for Indigenous young people in a youth detention centre.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 6(1)
Retrieved 19 March 2007 from http://www.auseinet.com/journal/vol6iss1/stathis.pdf
Taylor N (2007)
Juveniles in detention in Australia, 1981-2006.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Wilson A (2007)
Planning primary health-care services for South Australian young offenders: a preliminary study.
International Journal of Nursing Practice; 13(5): 296-303
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