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Alternatives and diversion initiatives, by jurisdiction
Australian Capital Territory
- Diversionary conferencing
ACT Policing - 'Circle sentencing' trial wins bipartisan support
ABC news, 8 November 2003
New South Wales
- Circle sentencing in New South Wales: a review and evaluation (PDF 849kB)
Ivan Potas, Jane Smart and Georgia Brignell. Judicial Commission of New South Wales; and Brendan Thomas and Rowena Lawrie, New South Wales Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council, 2003 - Reducing juvenile crime: conferencing v court (PDF 452kB)
Garth Luke and Bronwyn Lind. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2002 - Dispute resolution at best practice intervention
Chrissiejoy Marshall. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Sentencing: young offenders - diversionary sentencing
New South Wales Law Reform Commission, 2001 - Diverting ATSI young offenders from court and custody in New South Wales - practices, perspectives and possibilities under the Young Offenders Act 1997
Jenny Bargen. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Programming for Aboriginal youth in custody: what works and barriers to success
Barbara Baikie. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference, 1997
Northern Territory
- Evaluation of the Northern Territory Agreement: final report
Urbis Keys Young, 2004. Independent evaluation of the first three years of the agreement between the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory to establish a Juvenile Pre-Court Diversion Scheme and jointly fund an Aboriginal Interpreter Service - Towards mutual benefit : an Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory Law Reform Committee, 2003 - Review of the Northern Territory
Agreement: 12 months on from the commencement of the agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments establishing the juvenile pre-court diversion program and Aboriginal interpreter service
Attorney-General's Department, 2002 - A diverse approach to juvenile offending in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory Police Juvenile Diversion Division
Queensland
- Murri Court
Queensland Courts - Youth justice conferencing
Queensland Department of Families - Summary of the review of the Murri Court (PDF 208kB)
Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, 2006 - The Murri Court (fact sheet) (PDF 51kB)
Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, 2006 - Building capacity of Indigenous young offenders - community partnerships
Michael Currie. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Partnership - a best practice intervention in corrections for Indigenous people
Lorraine Robinson and Anne Slee. Queensland Department of Families. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Community justice groups: Kowanyama and Palm Island
In: Frances Gant and Peter Grabosky (eds), The promise of crime prevention, 2000 - The Penalties and Sentences and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2000 (PDF 192kB)
Cathy Green. Queensland Parliamentary Library, 2000. Involvement of Indigenous elders, community justice groups and community members in the sentencing of Indigenous offenders to find alternatives to incarceration - Community justice in Indigenous communities in Queensland: prospects for keeping young people out of detention
Paul Chantrill. Crime in rural communities conference, 1999 - The Kowanyama Justice Group : a study of the achievements and constraints on local justice administration in a remote Aboriginal community
Paul Chantrill, 1997 - Alternative dispute resolution in Aboriginal and Islander communities: the Community Justice Program's experience
Christine Nolan, 1995. In Australian violence: contemporary perspectives II
South Australia
- Panyappi Indigenous Youth Mentoring Program: external evaluation report (PDF 1.2MB)
Kathleen Stacey and Associates, May 2004 - Family conferences for young Aboriginal offenders
Rod Welch and Kathy Symonds. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference, 1997 - Aboriginal youth and the South Australian juvenile justice system: has anything changed?
Joy Wundersitz. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference, 1997 - Family group conferences for young Aboriginal offenders
Rod Welch and Kathy Symonds. Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference, 1997
Tasmania
- Community conferencing
Tasmania Department of Health and Human Services - Early investment - Aboriginal self-determination
Michael Mansell. Children, young people and communities conference, 2001
Victoria
- Koori Court
Victoria Magistrates Court - Parkville Youth Residential Centre - Indigenous Garden Project/Program
Veronica Hunt. Victoria Department of Human Services. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Victorian programs for young Indigenous people 'at risk'
Anthony Lovett, Kerry Stringer and Lynne Parker. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Bert Williams diversionary program
Alf Bamblett. Best practice interventions in corrections of Indigenous people conference, 1999
Western Australia
- Aboriginal alternative dispute resolution services
Western Australia Department of the Attorney General - Aboriginal family supervision program
Western Australia Department of the Attorney General - Aboriginal Customary Laws project
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia - Aboriginal over-representation project
Hilary MacWilliam. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 2001 - Aboriginal community supervision agreements in Western Australia
Frank Parriman and David Daley. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 1999 - Aboriginal family supervision program
Susan Senior. Best practice interventions in corrections for Indigenous people conference, 1999 - Developing community initiatives in juvenile justice
Evelyn Crawford-Maher. Aboriginal justice issues conference, 1992