Web resource:	http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/pdfs/JumbunnaWMcommunityreportfinal.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Factors affecting crime rates in Indigenous communities in NSW : a pilot study in Wilcannia and Menindee
Authors:	McCausland, Ruth Vivian, Alison
Keywords:	Community attitudes;Policing;Drug and alcohol misuse;Regional rural and remote areas;Community development;Impact on children and young people;Indigenous issues
Year:	2009
Publisher:	University of Technology
Notes:	General Overview: Wilcannia and Menindee, two Aboriginal communities in remote New South Wales, are similar in geography, population and context but have significantly different rates of crime. This Community Report identifies the factors that impact on crime rates in these two towns. Discussion: Wilcannia and Menindee communities both experience significant disadvantage and have large Indigenous populations amongst a small total population. Recorded crime rates are much higher in Wilcannia than in Menindee. Through talking to resident workers in Wilcannia, the authors of the report identified factors affecting crime rates, particularly: high-risk drug and alcohol use; lack of appropriate, context specific services; lack of services for children and young people; high levels of unemployment; normalisation of violence; poverty; inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people; lack of criminal justice support services and a lack of co-ordinated, long term solutions. The authors also accounted for the lower crime rates in Menindee, in particular: greater employment opportunities; an empowered community and a Community Working Party; a functioning central school. Based on community consultation, the report poses solutions for reducing crime including: implementation of local, culturally appropriate mental health and alcohol rehabilitation services; co-ordinated long term government planning and delivery of community-specific services, implementation of community based solutions to tackle crime and unemployment, safe and relevant activities for young people, fostering partnership between the central school and the community and legitimate community representative bodies.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/18986
Physical description:	55 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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