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To address youth offending, we must look to the evidence of what works
- 25 July 2016
Last Thursday Jesuit Social Services joined Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton, community leaders and experts at a youth summit to discuss one the most important issues facing our state: the involvement of young people in serious and violent crime....
Helping Aboriginal children stay out of the justice system
- 3 June 2016
For many 13-year-olds, life revolves around school, hanging out with friends, spending time with family and extracurricular activities like sport or learning a musical instrument....
Community legal centre cuts will hurt the most vulnerable
- 19 May 2016
This National Law Week, Jesuit Social Services has joined a coalition of organisations from the legal and social services sectors to support the Law Institute of Australia’s Legal Aid Matters campaign....
Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody: up to us to improve outcomes for future generations
- 15 April 2016
Today marks 25 years since the landmark Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody handed down its final report. The report made 339 recommendations on how the Federal Government could work to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal people in our criminal justice system....
For children’s sake: Raise the age of criminal responsibility
- 29 March 2016
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