Applying Crime Prevention and Health Promotion Frameworks to the Problem of High Incarceration Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Lessons from a Case Study from Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorBattams, S.
dc.contributor.authorDelany-Crowe, T.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, M.
dc.contributor.authorWright, L.
dc.contributor.authorKrieg, A.
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, D.
dc.contributor.authorBaum, F.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis article examines what kinds of policy reforms are required to reduce incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a case study of policy in the Australian state of Victoria. This state provides a good example of a jurisdiction with policies focused upon, and developed in partnership with, Aboriginal communities in Victoria, but which despite this has steadily increasing incarceration rates of Indigenous people. The case study consisted of a qualitative analysis of two key justice sector policies focused upon the Indigenous community in Victoria and interviews with key justice sector staff. Case study results are analysed in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary crime prevention; the social determinants of Indigenous health; and recommended actions from the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Finally, recommendations are made for future justice sector policies and approaches that may help to reduce the high levels of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySamantha Battams, Toni Delany-Crowe, Matt Fisher, Lester Wright, Anthea Krieg, Dennis McDermott, Fran Baum
dc.identifier.citationInternational Indigenous Policy Journal, 2021; 12(2):1-29
dc.identifier.doi10.18584/iipj.2021.12.2.10208
dc.identifier.issn1916-5781
dc.identifier.issn1916-5781
dc.identifier.orcidBattams, S. [0000-0003-4433-0530]
dc.identifier.orcidBaum, F. [0000-0002-2294-1368]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/140058
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Western Ontario
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100244
dc.rights© 2021 Samantha Battams, Toni Delany-Crowe, Matt Fisher, Lester Wright, Anthea Krieg, Dennis McDermott, Fran Baum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2021.12.2.10208
dc.subjectjustice; crime prevention; health promotion; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
dc.titleApplying Crime Prevention and Health Promotion Frameworks to the Problem of High Incarceration Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Lessons from a Case Study from Victoria
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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