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Indigenous young people, crime and justice conference

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Parramatta
31 August 2009 - 01 September 2009

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About the conference

The overrepresentation of Indigenous young people in the criminal justice system has been identified as one of Australia's most significant social problems (Snowball 2008). The AIC's latest report on juveniles in detention showed that Indigenous young people were 21 times more likely to be detained than non-Indigenous young people (Taylor 2007). Although substantial efforts have been made to reduce this overrepresentation, little has been achieved in this regard.

This conference aims to identify and share the research and practice most relevant to addressing this problem. It has a major focus on Indigenous children and young people who interact with the criminal justice system early and/or repeatedly, who are likely to have complex needs and require highly targeted and joined up responses across the justice and other interrelated systems such as education, child protection, family support, and cultural services.

Presentations

• Welcome to country (MP3 1.4MB)
  Nikki Parsons-Gardiner
• Conference opening (MP3 5MB)
  The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Commonwealth Attorney-General.
• Welcome address (MP3 1.9MB)
  Dr Adam Tomison, Director, Australian Institute of Criminology.
• Are governments bound to fail Indigenous children and what can be done about it? (PDF 0.1MB)  |  Download audio (MP3 15MB) 
  Professor Chris Cunneen, University of New South Wales.
• Investing in Indigenous youth and communities to prevent crime  |  Download audio (MP3 15MB) 
  Commissioner Tom Calma, Australian Human Rights Commission
• What can administrative data tell us about Indigenous juveniles in the criminal justice system?  |  Download audio (MP3 15MB)
  Associate Professor Anna Stewart, Griffith University
• Assessing Indigenous and non-Indigenous juvenile offenders using the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory
  Dr Andrew McGrath and Associate Professor Anthony Thompson, Charles Sturt University
• Using the arts to prevent Indigenous young people's contact with the criminal justice system in Bankstown
  Neil Trindall, Bankstown Youth Development Service 
• Lessons from the senate inquiry into access to justice
  Senator Scott Ludlam, The Australian Greens
• Engaging with the community to assist Indigenous young people
  Matthew Box and Rohan Smith, Australian Federal Police
• Naming and shaming of Indigenous youth in the justice system: An exploratory study of the Impact in the Northern Territory
  Professor Duncan Chappell, University of Sydney
• Rethinking youth remand and enhancing community safety
  Siyavash Dooskhah, Youth Affairs Network Queensland.
  
• Don't 4get me when you're talking DV
  Wendy Cochrane, Queensland Police Service
  
• Working to help young people to get away from drugs and crime in Ilpurla
  Tristan Ray, Central Australian Youth Link Up Service, Northern Territory and Barry Abbot, Ilpurla.
• Trend data on Indigenous young people supervised by the NSW Department of Juvenile Justice
  Dr Eric Heller, NSW Department of Juvenile Justice
  
• Drug diversion in Australia: Equal outcomes for Indigenous juveniles?
  Jason Payne, Australian Institute of Criminology
  
• Multisystemic therapy and Indigenous families
  Michael Szyjan, NSW Department of Juvenile Justice
  
• The Children’s Koori Court of Victoria: Evaluation findings
  Professor Allan Borowski, La Trobe University
• The link between loss of cultural identity and Aboriginal youth crime
  Cindy Lesley and Raylene Ballangarry, Thungutti Miindala Consultancy
  
• Black on Track
  Brian Dowd, Black on Track program, New South Wales
  
• Indigenous young people and crime—holistic approaches
  Glendra Stubbs, Link-Up (NSW) Aboriginal Corporation
  
• The role of sports and Souths Cares in preventing Indigenous young people's contact with the criminal justice system
  John Hutchinson, Souths Cares, South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL club
  
• A stitch in time (MP3 12.6MB)
  Gerard Neesham, Director, Clontarf Foundation
  
• A bridge too far: Considering relationships between Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, child protection and the justice system  |  Download audio (MP3 13.3MB)
  Scott Wilson, Director, Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council.
• Day 2 Opening (MP3 4.4MB)
  Gillian Calvert AO, Acting Commissioner for Children and Young People (NSW)
• Plenary address 6 (MP3 11.5MB)
  Dr Tracy Westerman, Director, Indigenous Psychological Services.
• Using evidence to reduce Aboriginal juvenile crime  |  Download audio (MP3 11.1MB)
  Brendan Thomas, Assistant Director General, Crime Prevention and Community Programs, New South Wales Attorney-General’s Department
• The criminogenic needs of juvenile offenders with and without an intellectual disability
  Professor Dianna Kenny, Sydney University
  
• Preventing crime and promoting rights for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health problems
  Emilie Priday, Australian Human Rights Commission
  
• Changing the Cycle program
  Andy Cassidy, PCYC Queensland
  
• The value of creative engagement
  Donna Carstens and Charmaine Schaefer, Sisters Inside
  
• A partnership approach to reducing recidivism and preventing Aboriginal young people from entering the criminal justice system: Assertive outreach and support
  Craig Cowie, Bundji Bundji program
  
• Believe to succeed: How to prevent Indigenous young people with complex needs coming into contact with the criminal justice system: the school perspective
  Peter Macbeth, Australian Secondary Principals' Association
• Relationships of respect: Services to young people who have sexualised or sexual offending behaviours
  Dr Wendy O'Brien, Australian Crime Commission
• Therapeutic engagement of Indigenous youth who have sexually offended
  Stephen Smallbone and Sue Rayment-McHugh, Griffith University
  

• The Connections Program ACT etc
  John Van Den Dungen and Aimee Capper, Connections program
• Dthina Yuwali—Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Program
  Kylie Wilson, NSW Department of Juvenile Justice
  
• Cunnamulla: A coordinated approach to intervention  |  Presentation Slides
  Brad Saunders, Peter Simpson, Michael Bermingham and Tim Wilson, Department of Communities Queensland
• Assessment of at-risk mental states for psychosis in young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people using the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental-States for psychosis (CAARMS)
  Blake Hamilton, Lifestyle Clinic, University of New South Wales, Alex Blaszynski, University of Sydney and Anthony Dillan, Yooroang Garang, University of Sydney
  
• Re-integrating young people—from custody to community
  Julie Carter, NSW Justice Health
  
• Views and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Queensland's youth detention centres
  Russell Evans, Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland
• Red Dust Healing
  Tom Powell, Red Dust Healing
  
• Aboriginal mental health and the criminal justice system
  Facilitator: Dr Ruth Lawrence
  
• Panel session: Early intervention with Indigenous young people (MP3 13.7MB)
  Chair: Dr Judy Putt, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Closing panel session: Where to from here? (MP3 15MB)
  Chair: Dr Adam Tomison, Australian Institute of Criminology