Indigenous justice in Australia

Community and government interventions in Indigenous justice

Crime reduction resources

• Circles of support : towards Indigenous justice : prevention, diversion and rehabilitation
  ACT Council of Social Service and Aboriginal Justice Centre, Canberra : ACT Council of Social Service. 2008
• Sustainable tenancy for Indigenous families : what services and policy supports are needed? (PDF 1.44MB)
  Lesley Cooper, Mary Morris. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, 2005
• Working with Indigenous communities to reduce crime
  AICrime reduction matters, 2004
• Aboriginal community capacity building as a justice strategy
  Marjorie Anderson, 2003
• Crime prevention and indigenous communities : current international strategies and programmes (PDF 454kB)
  Laura Capobianco and Margaret Shaw. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, 2003
• Indigenous community capacity building and the relationship to sound governance and leadership (PDF 95kB)
  Russell Taylor. AIATSIS national NT conference, 2003
• A national analysis of strategies used to respond to Indigenous itinerants and public place dwellers
  Paul Memmott, Steve Long and Catherine Chambers. Prepared for the Commonwealth National Homelessness Strategy, 2003
• Underlying principles of a new policy for the restoration of Indigenous social order (PDF 45kB)
  Noel Pearson, Cape York Partnerships, 2003
• Indigenous justice
  Allan Hedger, Crime prevention conference, 2002
• Cape York Justice Study report
  Cape York Justice Study, 2001
• Crime prevention through social support - second report (PDF 745kB)
  New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council, Standing Committee on Law and Justice, 2000. See chapter 3: 'Aboriginal communities, self determination and crime prevention'
• The impact of crime prevention on Aboriginal communities
  Chris Cunneen, 2001.
• 'The Long Grassers' : A strategic report on Indigenous 'itinerants' in the Darwin and Palmerston area (PDF 753kB)
  Paul Memmott and Shaneen Fantin, 2001
• Indigenous issues and crime prevention
  Byron Davis, Partnerships in crime prevention conference, 1998
• A community development approach to crime prevention in Aboriginal communities
  Barbara Miller, Aboriginal justice issues conference, 1992
• Community crime strategy for Aboriginal communities
  Rebecca Tonkin, Aboriginal justice issues conference, 1992
• Crime prevention for Aboriginal communities
  Kayleen M Hazlehurst, Crime prevention series, 1990