Mission Australia

1. Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses
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This publication features new research about young offenders undertaken by Jioji Ravulo from MA’s youth services in western Sydney. It confirms that much better outcomes for Juvenile Justice are achieved ...

2. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
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One of Australia's leading providers of services to disadvantaged young people has called on state and territory governments to set targets to reduce the number of juveniles in custody and increase alternative ...

3. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
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... who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, and who have come into contact with the juvenile justice system. At the moment, we have a recording studio at our centre in Miller (Liverpool). It has been ...

4. Australia's approach to Juvenile Justice must change
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Programs designed to divert young people from offending behaviour and entering juvenile detention can not only be more effective than putting a young person in custody but up to 50 times cheaper to run ...

5. New blueprint to tackle causes of Australia’s youth unemployment problem
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... and economic and social participation are the least catered for in terms of the government programs they need for help. For example, young people exiting care, caught up in the juvenile justice system, ...

6. Get adventurous for charity
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... funds for Mission Australia and will help the charity continue its wide range of work helping homeless people, families, youth and juvenile offenders and providing many other important community programs. ...

7. Renowned local artist to open youth art exhibition
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... clients of Mission Australia’s youth programs and who attend the Girrakool and George Anderson Walpole Schools, located at the Frank Baxter and Kariong Juvenile Justice Centres on the Central Coast. According ...

8. Young Offenders
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This publication features new research about young offenders undertaken by Jioji Ravulo from MA’s youth services in western Sydney. It confirms that much better outcomes for Juvenile Justice are achieved ...