Selected crime and justice issues for Indigenous families

Abstract

Most previous analysis has been conducted using police and court data. However, insights into the socioeconomic forces underlying Indigenous interaction with the justice system can only be obtained by interrogating omnibus social surveys like the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS) and the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) that include a reasonably comprehensive set of potential explanatory factors, including potentially important information on family background.