Summary
This report presents results of research into victimisation of, and offending by, Indigenous people. The findings are designed to inform and complement the work of the National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force. This report draws attention to the need to investigate the specifics of different forms of violent offending, the relationship between victims and offenders and the location and nature of different community settings.
Contents
Introduction -- Definitional issues -- Identifying risk factors for Indigenous violence : some conceptual issues -- The ecological systems approach --Theories of Indigenous violence -- Key data sources and their contribution to understanding Indigenous violence -- The prevalence and nature of Indigenous violent offending -- Indigenous apprehensions for violent offending -- Self-reported levels of Indigenous violent offending -- Extent of Indigenous violent offending : a summary -- Recidivism among violent Indigenous offenders -- Prisoners’ prior contact with the custodial system -- Predicting re-contact with the prison system -- Victims of Indigenous violent offending -- Recidivism and victim/offender characteristics : a summary -- Risk factors for Indigenous violent offending -- Types of risk factors : an overview --
What evidence links selected risk factors to violence? -- Discussion -- Discussion -- Violent offending by juveniles -- Discussion -- Illicit drug use -- Discussion -- Childhood experiences of violence -- Discussion -- Exposure to pornography --Education, employment, income and housing factors -- Discussion --Physical health and disability -- Psychological distress and mental health issues -- Discussion -- Geographic location and remoteness -- Discussion -- Access to services -- Discussion -- Summary of univariate analyses --Identifying the predictors of Indigenous violence using multivariate analysis -- Predicting the likelihood of violent recidivism among violent Indigenous offenders : a Western Australian study -- Summary of findings from the multivariate analyses -- Conclusion.