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Addressing Indigenous Youth Overrepresentation: Police Diversion Strategies

Explore the challenges of Indigenous young offenders' overrepresentation in crime rates, suggesting preventative programs, parental training, and increased use of diversionary conferencing. Learn about the study findings and recommendations.

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Addressing Indigenous Youth Overrepresentation: Police Diversion Strategies

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  1. Police Diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation By Sam Gunning, Philip Chin, Nikita Ash, Emily Fraser and Ican Chandra

  2. The Problem/Issue • High concentration of Indigenous crime amongst youth as compared to the non-Indigenous population • Indigenous youth much more likely to have re-contact with the Australian legal system, with more serious offences • Disparity in the use of warnings and diversionary conferencing to discourage further criminal activity

  3. The Study

  4. The Study • A large proportion of offences re-committed are by the indigenous people • Of this proportion, the majority are male • Of the male proportion of offenders, the majority are youths

  5. Findings

  6. Suggestions/Recommendations • The study indicated that priority should be given to preventative programs before first contact with the justice system • Parental training programs • Community awareness programs • As diversionary conferencing has been proven effective when used within the youth population as a whole, there should be an increase in its use for Indigenous youths • Increase should also occur so as to provide a fair and equitable system free of racial bias

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