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Youth issues
Thinking Outside: Alternatives to remand for children
Thinking Outside reveals how vulnerable and disadvantaged Victorian children are being unnecessarily remanded. The research calls for reforms to halt this alarming practice including raising the age of criminal responsibility to 12.
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Support after suicide
Thank You for Listening
A compassionate yet sobering light on the torment, bewilderment and, ultimately, the inspiring resilience of those left behind.
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Communal disadvantage
Life Satisfaction and Happiness
Life Satisfaction and Happiness shows that health, individual choice, local community and family relationships are better predictors of happiness and satisfaction than income.
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Youth issues
I Just Want to Go to School
I Just Want to go to School captures voices of young people experiencing educational disadvantage in Australia. It outlines the key factors inhibiting educational engagement as expressed by the young people themselves and identifies key areas for policy change.
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Support after suicide
Nothing Prepared Me for This
An anthology of work by writers who have experienced the loss of a loved one to suicide. Through workshops and discussions, the writers identified that when suicide occurs, the effect upon those left behind is like ripples in a pond. These ripples form the themes of writings presented in this book.
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Youth issues
Young People in Remand in Victoria
Young People in Remand in Victoria analyses current Australian and international trends in evidence-based prison policy, including remand and its place in the criminal justice system.
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Communal disadvantage
Moving from the Edge
Moving From the Edge tells stories of achieving greater social inclusion in Australia. Through case studies, it personalises the policies and discussions about social inclusion.
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Communal disadvantage
Dropping Off the Edge
This first edition of Dropping Off the Edge identifies and describes the complex web of disadvantage that ensnares generations of Australians. The report uncovers the factors that must be solved for these communities, and our nation, to thrive.
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Youth issues
Not So Straight
Not So Straight is a national study that examines how Catholic schools can best respond to the needs of same-sex attracted students.
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Youth issues
Keeping Them Connected
Keeping Them Connected addresses the difficult and complex issue of how Australian Catholic secondary schools can best respond to incidents of illicit drug use by students.









