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.

Examination of juvenile offence and/or re-offence rates and trends over time
Factors contributing to juvenile offending
Violence risk assessment
Evaluation of individual and group based interventions focussing on offending behaviour
Evaluation of the efficacy of new initiatives for intervention delivery in rural and remote areas
Evaluation of specific interventions for culturally and linguistically diverse young people
Evaluation of specific interventions with Aboriginal young people
Research targeting the evaluation of interventions in non-metropolitan areas and community-based services are a particular priority for the department.