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dc.contributor.authorMcCausland, Ruthen
dc.contributor.authorVivian, Alisonen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:43:09Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:43:09Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/18986en
dc.format55 p.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Technologyen
dc.subjectCommunity attitudesen
dc.subjectPolicingen
dc.subjectDrug and alcohol misuseen
dc.subjectRegional rural and remote areasen
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten
dc.subjectImpact on children and young peopleen
dc.subjectIndigenous issuesen
dc.titleFactors affecting crime rates in Indigenous communities in NSW : a pilot study in Wilcannia and Menindeeen
dc.typeReporten
dc.identifier.catalogid3509en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/pdfs/JumbunnaWMcommunityreportfinal.pdfen
dc.subject.keywordNew South Walesen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordReporten
dc.subject.keywordElectronic publicationen
dc.subject.keywordWalesen
dc.subject.keywordInvalid URLen
dc.description.notesGeneral 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.<br/ ><br/ >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.<br/ ><br/ >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.<br/ ><br/ >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.en
dc.date.entered2010-01-08en
dc.publisher.placeSydneyen
dc.description.physicaldescription55 p.en
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