Justice Reinvestment

Schwartz, Melanie; Brown, David Bentley; Cunneen, Chris

Justice Reinvestment

Schwartz, M., Brown, D. and Cunneen, C. (2017) Justice Reinvestment, Brief 21, Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse, Sydney.

UNSW Law Research Paper No. 18-8

9 Pages Posted: 9 Jan 2018 Last revised: 13 Feb 2018

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David Bentley Brown

University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice

Chris Cunneen

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research,University of Technology Sydney; James Cook University - Cairns Campus

Date Written: August 28, 2017

Abstract

Justice Reinvestment (JR) is a strategy for reducing the number of people in the prison system by investing funds drawn from the corrections budget into communities that produce large numbers of prisoners. This research brief provides a brief introduction to JR with a particular focus on developments in Indigenous communities in Australia.

Keywords: justice reinvestment, Indigenous people

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Schwartz, Melanie and Brown, David Bentley and Cunneen, Chris, Justice Reinvestment (August 28, 2017). Schwartz, M., Brown, D. and Cunneen, C. (2017) Justice Reinvestment, Brief 21, Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse, Sydney., UNSW Law Research Paper No. 18-8, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3096705