Indigenous justice in Australia
Contact with the criminal justice system
Contact with the criminal justice system encompasses experiences with legal services, police, courts, and corrective services.
See also:
- The economic and social factors underpinning Indigenous contact with the justice system : results from the 2002 NATSISS survey (PDF 397kB)
Don Weatherburn, Lucy Snowball and Boyd Hunter, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2006 - Equality before the law (PDF 902kB)
Judicial commission of NSW, 2006 - Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities & Australian juvenile justice systems (PDF 277kB)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2005 - Indigenous issues in New South Wales: Chapter 6 - The criminal justice system
Talina Drabsch. Parliament of New South Wales, 2004 - Contact with the New South Wales court and prison systems: the influence of age, Indigenous status and gender (PDF 159kB)
Don Weatherburn, Bronwyn Lind and Jiuzhao Hua, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2003 - An increasing Indigenous population? Implications for the criminal justice system (PDF 878kB)
Justine Doherty. Office of Crime Statistics, South Australia Attorney-General's Department, 2002