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• Best Practice Interventions in Corrections for Indigenous People (AIC and DCS (NSW) Conference 2001) [Search]
  Conference was hosted by Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and NSW Department of Corrective Services (NSW DCS). Papers and materials on a wide range of topics and interventions, as well as remand; sentencing options; and community corrections (on AIC website)
• Circle Sentencing in New South Wales: A Review and Evaluation (2003) [Search]
  This report prepared by the Judicial Commission of NSW and the NSW Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council presents an overview of circle sentencing in NSW. The report evaluates the first 12 months of the circle-sentencing model introduced on a trial basis in Nowra in February 2002 (PDF on Lawlink NSW)
• Good Practice Framework - Policing Illicit Drugs in Rural and Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (2006) [Search]
  Published by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), this report by Brendan Delahunty and Judy Putt looks at three aims - supply reduction, demand reduction, and harm reduction (on AIC website)
• Indigenous Justice in Australia - Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) [Search]
  This webpage aims to bring together relevant, quality information on Indigenous people and the criminal justice system in Australia. It contains many useful links and research publications (on Australian Institute of Criminology)
• Inquiry into Policing in Indigenous Communities: Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland [Search]
  This inquiry is conducted on the reference of the QLD Government and looks at all issues relating to Aboriginal/police relations and policing practices and policies, in the aftermath of the death of Mulrunji on Palm Island and will also consider the implementation of recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (on Crime and Misconduct Commission website)
• Inquiry into the Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 (Cth) [Search]
  This bill results from the COAG decision on 14 July 2006 following the Intergovernmental Summit on Violence and Child Abuse in Indigenous Communities. It seeks to toughen bail provisions in the Crimes Act. It specifies that customary law or cultural practice cannot be considered for Commonwealth offences and it also requires the court to consider the potential impact on victims when assessing bail (on Parliament of Australia website)
• The Policing Implications of Cannabis, Amphetamine and other Illicit Drug Use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (2006) [Search]
  Published by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), this report by Brendan Delahunty and Judy Putt focuses on the policing of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in communities in rural and remote areas (on AIC website)
• Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders and the Principles in Fernando
  This 2004 article by Lester Fernandez of Legal Aid NSW examines the sentencing principles about recognition in sentencing of Aboriginality related matters, distilled in R v Stanley Edward Fernando (1992, Supreme Court of NSW, Wood J), and the application of those principles to subsequent cases (on Legal Aid NSW)
• Sentencing and Indigenous Peoples [Search]
  Proceedings of Roundtable on Sentencing and Indigenous Peoples convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the University of South Australia, on 31 October 1997 (on Australian Institute of Criminology)