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Violence in indigenous communities : full report / Paul Memmott ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Barton, A.C.T. : Crime Prevention Branch, Attorney-General's Department, c2001.Description: vi, 122 p. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0642284040
Other title:
  • Title of summary: Preventing violent crime : preventing violence in indigenous communities
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.15/0899915 22
LOC classification:
  • HV7173 .V54 2001
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available electronically on the WWW.
Contents:
Section 1. A review of literature on Indigenous violence -- Quantitative analyses -- Qualitative analyses -- Causes of violence -- Underlying factors of violence -- Situational factors -- Precipitating causes -- Customary violence and the problem of the abnormal enculturation of violence -- Alcohol and violence -- Powerlessness and helplessness amongst Indigenous men -- Section 2. Forms of Indigenous violence -- On the classification of violence -- Section 3. Violence programs in Indigenous communities -- Program profiling -- The identified violence prevention programs in Indigenous communities -- Description of program categories -- Programs not included in this survey -- Descriptions of individual program categories -- Classification of violence programs according to their time of implementation -- Findings of the program suvey -- Deficiencies of literature on violence programs -- More can be done -- Section 4. Strategies for combating Indigenous violence -- Understanding the cause for community-driven programs -- Starting a violence program in a community -- The need for holistic composite programs -- Relationships and partnerships between groups -- Program evaluation -- Summary of guidelines for local violence strategies -- Some Indigenous violence priorities.0.
Summary: Indigenous Australians are by far over represented as both victims and perpetrators in all forms of violent crime in Australia.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library Q Q 364.150899915 VIO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67346

"National Crime Prevention"--Cover.

Bibliography: p. 114-122.

Section 1. A review of literature on Indigenous violence -- Quantitative analyses -- Qualitative analyses -- Causes of violence -- Underlying factors of violence -- Situational factors -- Precipitating causes -- Customary violence and the problem of the abnormal enculturation of violence -- Alcohol and violence -- Powerlessness and helplessness amongst Indigenous men -- Section 2. Forms of Indigenous violence -- On the classification of violence -- Section 3. Violence programs in Indigenous communities -- Program profiling -- The identified violence prevention programs in Indigenous communities -- Description of program categories -- Programs not included in this survey -- Descriptions of individual program categories -- Classification of violence programs according to their time of implementation -- Findings of the program suvey -- Deficiencies of literature on violence programs -- More can be done -- Section 4. Strategies for combating Indigenous violence -- Understanding the cause for community-driven programs -- Starting a violence program in a community -- The need for holistic composite programs -- Relationships and partnerships between groups -- Program evaluation -- Summary of guidelines for local violence strategies -- Some Indigenous violence priorities.0.

Indigenous Australians are by far over represented as both victims and perpetrators in all forms of violent crime in Australia.

Also available electronically on the WWW.

Also available electronically via the Internet.

Commonwealth of Australia.

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