Criminal law

Justice Reinvestment in Australia: conceptual foundations for criminal justice innovation

Justice Reinvestment in Australia: conceptual foundations for criminal justice innovation.

Improving social and economic outcomes for children of incarcerated mothers

This project aims to identify how children’s experiences of maternal incarceration shape their life course.

Community sanctions in Australian criminal justice

Australia’s prison population is booming.

Advancing cross-cultural approaches to violence risk assessment

This research identified that the LS/RNR risk assessment instrument violated several definitions of fairness across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islan

Bringing Indigenous voices into judicial decision-making

This project aims to show how judgments can be written so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people's voices and histories.

Alcohol treatment for Aboriginal men in and out of prison

Over half the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people entering prison in NSW have unhealthy alcohol use (drinking over recommended limits, including alcohol dependence).

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)

The proposed study will be the first of its kind in Australia to test a violence prevention program (Beyond Violence) targeting mental health, substance use and violence among incarcerated female o

Winnunga prison health study

This project was initiated by the Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service (WNAHS) in response to the construction of the ACT’s first prison, the Alexander Maconochie Correctional Centre, whic

Existing knowledge, practice and responses to  violence against women in Australian Indigenous  communities

This paper is a comprehensive review of published literature to present the current state of knowledge, practice and responses to violence against women in Australian Indigenous communities.

Breaking-the-Cycle for Incarcerated Parents: Towards Pro-Social Parenting

This study aims to develop new knowledge about NSW incarcerated parents’ learning and support needs to enable a shift towards pro-social parenting practices.  The expected Breaking-the-Cycle (BTC)