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The word arson came into English law from Middle French about the same time as the Great Fire of London in 1688. It had two elements; the first was malicious damage to property and the second was a threat to the state by burning important symbols of the established order. For example, the burning of haystacks was as a symbol of rural unrest and was specifically mentioned in the legislation. It still remains in most current Australian legislation.

This paper presents a brief overview of the key diversion programs for Indigenous women currently in operation in Australia, with reference to relevant developments in New Zealand and Canada. It was prepared against the background of recent research on Indigenous women's offending patterns and their over-representation in the criminal justice system (see Bartels 2010), which included the following key findings:

Foreword | This preliminary paper provides an overview of the legislative and policy context of restorative justice measures for juveniles in each Australian state and territory, highlighting the diverse characteristics of current restorative practices. Further, it provides an indication of the numbers and characteristics of juveniles who are referred by police to restorative justice measures and the offence types for which they are most commonly referred.

Proceedings of a symposium held 21-26 August 1994, Adelaide

Contents

• Preface
• About the editors
• Contributors
• Introduction: president's opening address
  Chris Sumner, formerly President of the World Society of Victimology; and Member of the National Native Title Tribunal, Australia

Section 1: Power, politics and victimisation

• Section overview
  Mark Israel, Department of Legal Studies, Flinders University, South Australia
• Paradigms and paradoxes of victimology

Foreword | The benefits associated with focusing strategies and interventions on family violence offenders early in their offending careers are well established. Yet accurately identifying first-time family violence perpetrators is difficult because of the high under-reporting of family violence. This study involved the analysis of police narratives completed for first-time family violence perpetrators, as identified through police offence records to determine their accuracy in identifying first-time family violence offenders.

Foreword | International surveys have suggested that around one-third of all adult women will, at some point in their lifetime, experience abuse perpetrated by an intimate male partner. Domestic violence is considered to be one of the major risk factors affecting women’s health in Australia and there is a need for the community to respond in ways that reduce the likelihood of further violence occurring. One way of doing this is to deliver programs that aim to reduce the risk of known perpetrators committing further offences.

Foreword | Informal support systems play an important role in assisting primary victims cope with their experience post-crime. The experience of primary victims can have a vicarious impact on the individuals who comprise these support systems. This research explores the impact of child sexual assault on a sample of 26 non-offending parents, with a particular focus on examining the link between a parent’s thoughts and feelings about the assault and their subsequent support of, and assistance to, the primary victim.

This paper is taken from the report of research undertaken with the assistance of a grant from the Criminology Research Council.

This paper is taken from the report of research undertaken with the assistance of a grant from the Criminology Research Advisory Council.

Papers from a seminar held on 7 February 1996, Canberra.

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The paper "Suburb Boundaries and Residential Burglars" released by the Australian Institute of Criminology reveals that, during the study period, over three-quarters (77 per cent) of residential burglary offenders in the ACT committed offences in suburbs other than their home neighbourhood. Additionally, 58 per cent of residential burglary offenders travelled across more than one suburb boundary to commit their offence.

29 April-2 May 1975

Contents

Papers of the seminar

• Planning to prevent future crime
  W. Clifford
• The community implications of growth
  A. Gorman

Appendix I

• Report on the seminar
  J. Noble

Appendix II

• Workshop groups

Appendix III

• List of participants

Appendix IV

• Bibliography