Research
Agenda
Please note: This is a work-in-progress, which will be finalised and signed off once the new DJJ Research Steering Committee is formed.
The Department of Juvenile Justice considers the following as priority areas for establishing a research base for evidence-based decision-making.
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Examination of juvenile offence and/or re-offence rates and trends over time
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Factors contributing to juvenile offending
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Violence risk assessment
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Evaluation of individual and group based interventions focussing on offending behaviour
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Evaluation of the efficacy of new initiatives for intervention delivery in rural and remote areas
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Evaluation of specific interventions for culturally and linguistically diverse young people
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Evaluation of specific interventions with Aboriginal young people
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Research targeting the evaluation of interventions in non-metropolitan areas and community-based services are a particular priority for the department.
- Research links
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Australian National Council on Drugs
- Commission for Children and Young People
- NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)
- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
- Research links (international)
- Department of Justice, Canada
- Home Office, UK - Research Development Statistics Unit
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA)
- Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention (USA)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime


