Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The Coen Local Justice Group : a community response to family violence in Queensland through the Local Justices Initiative Program
Other Titles:	Indigenous law bulletin
Authors:	Kristiansen, Kari M S Irving, Megan
Keywords:	Indigenous issues;Criminal justice responses;Community development
Year:	2001
Publisher:	Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
Citation:	5 (13), November/December 2001
Notes:	The Local Justice Initiatives Program is a direct response of the Queensland Government to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody. The programme allocates funding to Indigenous communities to develop local justice strategies which provide alternatives to arrest, custody and recidivism. Describes the activities of the Coen Local Justice Group in Central Cape York, established in 2000 under the programme. Its approach to family violence involves: participation in the court process by providing community advice on sentencing; the establishment of diversionary programmes (using homelands, known as outstations); a focus on rehabilitation and prevention; and community ownership of the problem-solving process. Outlines the use of ‘outstation orders’, under which offenders may be required to reside outside the community at an outstation under a supervised diversionary programme, as an alternative to imprisonment. Other activities of the Group include conducting separate group meetings for men and women to discuss child protection, domestic violence orders, sexual health and substance abuse; supporting the ‘Ending Offending’ course and the “Walk Away Cool Down’ campaign; and the provision of informal recreational activities. Key to the Group’s activity is the concept of community ownership, aimed at restoring cultural strength to the criminal justice processes taking place in the community.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12702
ISSN:	1328-5475
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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