Young people and crime

Diversionary approaches and programs, by jurisdiction

• National
• ACT
• NSW
• NT
• Qld
• SA
• Tas
• Vic
• WA

National/general research

• Diversion of Indigenous juvenile offenders
  Lucy Snowball, 2008. See also full report: Juvenile diversion and Indigenous offenders : a study examining juvenile offenders in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales
• Restorative justice as a crime prevention measure
  AICrime reduction matters, 2004
• Early intervention : diversion and youth conferencing - a national profile and review of current approaches to diverting juveniles from the criminal justice system
  Kenneth Polk, Christine Alder, Damon Muller and Katherine Rechtman. National Crime Prevention Program, 2003
• Juvenile diversion in Australia : a national review
  Kenneth Polk. Juvenile justice conference : from the lessons of the past to a road map for the future, 2003
• Perceptions of justice among minority cultures : implications for youth justice conferencing
  Diane Sivasubramaniam and Jane Goodman-Delahunty. Juvenile justice conference : from the lessons of the past to a road map for the future, 2003
• Victim - offender conferencing : issues of power imbalance for women juvenile participants
  Rachel Field. Juvenile justice conference : from the lessons of the past to a road map for the future, 2003
• Young Offenders' Pilot Program
  Craig Kentwell. Crime prevention conference, 2002
• Restorative justice and conferencing
  Kathleen Daly and Hennessey Hayes, 2001
• Restorative justice programs in Australia
  Heather Strang, 2001
• Juvenile drug courts
  Magistrate Lou Hill. Children and crime conference, 1999
• Family conferencing and juvenile justice : the way forward or misplaced optimism?
  Christine Alder and Joy Wundersitz (eds), seminar proceedings, 1994
• National conference on juvenile justice
  Lynn Atkinson and Sally-Anne Gerull (eds), conference proceedings, 1993

Australian Capital Territory

• Diversionary conferencing
  ACT Policing
• Experiments in restorative policing : a progress report on the Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE)
  Heather Strang, Geoffrey C Barnes, John Braithwaite and Lawrence W Sherman. Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 1999

New South Wales

• NSW youth drug court trial
  Roger Dive, Martin Killen, Debra Cole, Anton Poder, 2003
• Young offenders and diversionary options
  Rowena Johns. New South Wales Parliamentary Library, 2003
• Mentoring for young offenders - results from an evaluation of a pilot program
  Marie Delaney and Chris Milne. Crime prevention conference, 2002
• Reducing juvenile crime : conferencing versus court (PDF 452kB)
  Garth Luke and Bronwyn Lind. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics, 2002
• A new approach to juvenile justice : an evaluation of family conferencing in Wagga Wagga
  David Moore and Lubica Forsythe, with the assistance of Terry O'Connell. Criminology Research Council report, 1995

Northern Territory

• Juvenile pre-court diversion scheme
  Northern Territory Police
• A holistic approach to juvenile offending
  Graham Waite. Crime prevention conference, 2002

Queensland

• The conditional bail program : early intervention without net widening
  Philip Venables and Robin Rutledge. Juvenile justice conference : from the lessons of the past to a road map for the future, 2003
• Bail support services in Queensland : a collaborative approach to crime prevention
  Julie King and Darren Hegarty, 2002
• Community conferencing for juveniles
  Kevin Francis. Children and crime : victims and offenders conference, 1999
• Family conferencing : a community approach to juvenile justice (PDF 132kB)
  Robert Troedson. Queensland Parliamentary Library, 1996

South Australia

• Reaching meaningful outcomes in family conferencing
  Marni Harding and Stewart Potter. Juvenile justice conference : from the lessons of the past to a road map for the future, 2003
• Family group conferences for young Aboriginal offenders
  Rod Welch and Kathy Symonds. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference : towards 2000 and beyond, 1997
• Family conferences in the juvenile justice system of South Australia
  Rosanne McInnes and Sue Hetzel. E law journal article, 1996

Tasmania

• Youth diversion summit : maximising the potential of young people (Microsoft Word 401kB)
  Tua Agaiava, 2004
• Youth justice : community conferencing
  Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania

Victoria

• The implementation of group conferencing in juvenile justice in Victoria
  Mark Griffith. Restoration for victims of crime conference, 1999

Western Australia

• Juveniles in the community
  Western Australia Department of Corrective Services
• Juvenile justice and diversion
  Western Australia Police Service
• New directions in juvenile justice in Western Australia
  Annette Wells. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference, 1997