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TUE 23 JUNE 2015

Guthrie Media report, June 2015

Total media types5

Total items21

Total audience58,824

Total ASR (in AUD)$12,749

An analysis of coverage delivered in the 30 days between 25 May 2015 and 23 Jun 2015 from 1folders (Guthrie) found 21 items. This coverage reached a cumulative audience of 58,824 andhad an advertising space rate of AUD 12,749.* AM Radio had the highest volume of coverage (7 items or 33% of the total volume of coverage)* Magazines reached the highest cumulative audience (38,607 or 65% of the cumulativeaudience)* Newspapers had the highest advertising space rate (AUD 6,130 or 48% of the total advertisingspace rate)

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AM Radio 7 0 $1,605

FM Radio 4 0 $1,481

Magazine 1 38,607 $427

Newspaper 4 20,217 $6,130

Online News 5 0 $3,106

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Program explores alternatives to jail18 Jun 2015Canberra Weekly, Canberra, General News

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For the past two years, researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) and the town of Cowrahave been exploring ways to prevent young people from slipping into the criminal justice system.

ANU Research Fellow Dr Jill Guthrie has been working on the Justice Reinvestment program, to workout potential new policy approaches to address the underlying causes of crime and improve the lives ofboth individuals and communities.

The program culminated in a Cowra public meeting, which considered alternatives to jail.

"The Cowra forum decided that about 50 per cent of the costs of incarceration - some $23 million had been spent for crimeswhich would be amenable to a Justice Reinvestment approach," said Dr Guthrie.

Justice Reinvestment would redirect funds into early intervention, crime prevention and diversionary programs, and wouldcreate savings in the criminal justice system that could be reinvested into the community.

The findings showed a potential to reduce crime, offer positive opportunities to young people and to save taxpayers' money.

"These outcomes from the forum have wider application to other communities in Australia in that they represent a microcosmof what is occurring in one town of about 10,000 people," Dr Guthrie said.

"The same sorts of calculations and deliberations could be applied to many other towns and communities in otherjurisdictions including the ACT."

Cowra Shire Councillor Ruth Fagan said that overall the community felt that crimes such as traffic offences, public orderoffences, justice procedure offenders and drug offences, could be considered as amenable to a Justice Reinvestmentapproach.

She also said that data showed around $2.3 million a year was spent to incarcerate local citizens for those types of offences.

"It would be great if we could reinvest that money in our community - into a Safe House, a Halfway House, a HomeworkCentre, skills training, housing the homeless and similar positive initiatives that address the underlying causes of crime - ratherthan have our young people sent away to detention," she said.

Councillor Fagan praised the Justice Reinvestment program and said it was designed to help the community find betteroutcomes.View original

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The NSW Government will be asked to consider spending more money to keep people ...12 Jun 2015 12:03 PMABC Broken Hill, Broken Hill, 12:00 News, Newsreader

Duration: 0 min 51 secs • ASR AUD 525 • NSW • Australia • Guthrie • ID: V00062073819

The NSW Government will be asked to consider spending more money to keep people out ofjail after a study into crime in Cowra. The Australian National University has been examiningwhether the community will prefer the cost of incarcerating offenders to be used on alternativesto prison. Dr Jill Guthrie, Research Fellow, says Cowra residents believe 50% of the moneycould be spent to rehabilitate people who are charged with traffic and public order offences.

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Interviewees

Dr Jill Guthrie, Research Fellow, Australian National University

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A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for ...12 Jun 2015 8:33 AMABC Western Plains NSW, Dubbo, 08:30 News, Newsreader


A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for themoney to be invested in prevention and rehabilitation. The Australian National University hasselected Cowra for the two-year study. According to Dr Jill Guthrie, Australian NationalUniversity, the community doesn't believe those charged with traffic and public order offencesshould necessarily put to jail.

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Dr Jill Guthrie, Australian National University

A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for ...12 Jun 2015 7:32 AMABC Broken Hill, Broken Hill, 07:30 News, Newsreader

Duration: 0 min 50 secs • ASR AUD 103 • NSW • Australia • Guthrie • ID: W00062069098

A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for themoney to be invested in prevention and rehabilitation. The Australian National University hasselected Cowra for the two-year study. According to Dr Jill Guthrie, Australian NationalUniversity, the community doesn't believe those charged with traffic and public order offencesshould necessarily put to jail.

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A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for ...12 Jun 2015 7:32 AMABC Central West NSW, Orange, 07:30 News, Newsreader


A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for themoney to be invested in prevention and rehabilitation. The Australian National University hasselected Cowra for the two-year study. Dr Jill Guthrie, Australian National University, says thecommunity doesn't believe those charged with traffic and public order offences shouldnecessarily put to jail.

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The NSW Government will be asked to consider spending more money to keep people ...12 Jun 2015 12:02 PMABC Central West NSW, Orange, 12:00 News, Newsreader


The NSW Government will be asked to consider spending more money to keep people out ofjail after a study into crime in Cowra. The ANU has been examining whether the communitywould prefer the cost of incarcerating offenders to be used on alternatives to prison.

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Interviewees

Dr Jill Guthrie, Research Fellow, ANU

Interview with Ruth Fagan, Councillor, Cowra Council, about the Keeping People Put of ...26 May 2015 9:23 AMABC Central West NSW, Orange, Mornings, Tim Brunero

Duration: 4 mins 34 secs • ASR AUD 565 • NSW • Australia • Guthrie • ID: V00061853705

Interview with Ruth Fagan, Councillor, Cowra Council, about the Keeping People Put of Prisonforum by the Australian National University.Fagan says the forum is part of a research project of the Australian National University. Shesays former Australian of the Year Prof Mick Dodson will co-Chair the event. Fagan says thethree-year Australian Research Council-funded research project which began in 2013 sees DrJill Guthrie and a team of researchers from the Australian National University working closelywith Cowra community members, to discover the theory and research methodology of 'justice

reinvestment' as a way of averting young people from ending up in the criminal justice system. Fagan says the team willpresent their findings to the stakeholders today and tomorrow at the forum. She says several interviews and focus groups havebeen directed with many people at all levels, from service providers to politicians to young people who have been in prison ordetention themselves. Fagan says the research aims to help steer change on present attitudes, policies and approaches toincarceration and alternatives to detainment. She notes that the report indicates a very strong need for family support.

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Ruth Fagan, Councillor, Cowra Council

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The importance of having good role models for young people is set to be highlighted in ...26 May 2015 12:01 PMABC Central West NSW, Orange, 12:00 News, Newsreader


The importance of having good role models for young people is set to be highlighted in Cowratoday as part of a major study into justice reinvestment. The ANU Centre for Indigenous Studieshas been working with the Central West Community.

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Ruth Fagan, Cowra Shire Council

The importance of having good role models for young people is set to be highlighted in ...26 May 2015 12:01 PMABC Riverina, Wagga Wagga, 12:00 News, Newsreader


The importance of having good role models for young people is set to be highlighted in Cowratoday as part of a major study into justice reinvestment. The Australian National UniversityCentre for Indigenous Studies has been working with the Cowra community since 2013.

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Ruth Fagan, Cowra Shire Councillor

A forum in the central west of NSW has been told money spent incarcerating young ...26 May 2015 5:33 PMABC Central West NSW, Cumnock, 17:30 News, Newsreader


A forum in the central west of NSW has been told money spent incarcerating young people could be used to keep them out ofcustody in the first place. The community of Cowra has been working with Australian National University researchers since2013 on a study into justice reinvestment. About 80 persons involved in the project, including Social Justice CommissionerMick Gooda, have been in the town today to hear the initial findings of the investigation. Ruth Fagan, Councillor, Cowra, saysthe project has found that young people need strong family support and good role models in the community to keep them out oftrouble.

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Ruth Fagan, Councillor, Cowra




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Justice Reinvestment: forum helps community focus on finding better outcomes10 Jun 2015 12:00 AMCowra Guardian

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Cowra is the site of exploratory research that is testing how Justice Reinvestment could be adopted as a possible policyapproach. Cowra is the site of exploratory research that is testing how Justice Reinvestment could be adopted as a possiblepolicy...Read on source website

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Changing our little bit of the world10 Jun 2015Cowra Guardian, Cowra NSW, General News

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Cowra is the site of exploratory research that is testing how Justice Reinvestment could be adopted asa possible policy approach.

The Cowra community, together with Australian National University researchers, held a very successfulJustice Reinvestment Forum in Cowra last week.

The research is being led by ANU Research Fellow, Dr Jill Guthrie, who said the response from thecommunity had been a positive one.

Cowra Shire Councillor Ruth Fagan and former Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson, co-chaired the Forum whichwas attended by some 40 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda alsoparticipated in the Forum.

"We have been working closely with organisations in the town such as the Neighbourhood Centre, Cowra Youth Council, thePolice Citizens Youth Club, the schools, health services, Cowra Aboriginal Land Council, Headspace, the Mental HealthService, Cowra Aboriginal Land Council, Cowra Business Council and many others," Councillor Fagan said.

"The town has enthusiastically engaged with the research over the past two years," Dr Guthrie said.

The Forum was the culmination of two years engagement by the researchers with the town to develop some sharedunderstandings of what Justice Reinvestment could look like if it was adopted as policy.

Justice Reinvestment aims to address the underlying causes of crime and improve the lives of both individuals andcommunities.

It uses data to identify communities that have high concentrations of offenders and assess the particular problems facingthose communities. The redirection of funds into early intervention, crime prevention and diversionary programs createssavings in the criminal justice system that can be reinvested into those communities. Justice Reinvestment has the ability toreduce crime, offer positive opportunities to young people and to save taxpayers' money.

Forum participants reflected on the money that had been spent on incarcerating their own citizens over the past ten years.They also deliberated on the crimes that could be amenable to a Justice Reinvestment approach. They then engaged in aprocess to decide how monies that had been spent on incarcerating Cowra citizens could be better spent on prevention, earlyintervention or other services within the community.

"As a community, we overwhelmingly felt that crimes such as traffic offences, public order offences, justice procedureoffenders and drug offences, could be considered as amenable to a Justice Reinvestment approach," Cr Ruth Fagan said.

About $46 million had been spent on incarcerating Cowra citizens over the past ten years. Forum participants determinedthat about 50 per cent of this - some $23 million - had been spent during that time on incarcerating their citizens for crimeswhich would be amenable to a Justice Reinvestment approach, if such a policy was in place.

"When we take into consideration how much has been spent on citizens from our community over the past ten years toincarcerate them for these types of offences, we learnt that some $23 million has been spent on our behalf. Looked at anotherway, just in our community alone, that represents some $2.3 million per annum that could be reinvested into treatment,prevention and early intervention, if a Justice Reinvestment policy was in place," Cr Fagan said.

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"It would be great if we could reinvest those monies in our community - into a Safe House, a Halfway House, a HomeworkCentre, skills training, housing the homeless - and similar positive initiatives that address the underlying causes of crime -rather than have our young people sent away to detention.

'The forum was an interesting and fitting public way of introducing us to the JR philosophy. It was also a great way for us allto see and hear the strengths and weaknesses in the provision of support services for those less able to cope in ourcommunity.

"The research project has focused the community on finding better outcomes.

"It made me realise, we don't need to change the world - just our little bit of it!" It would be great if we could reinvest those'monies in our community into a Safe House, a Halfway House, a Homework Centre, skills training, housing the homeless - andsimilar positive initiatives that address the underlying causes of crime - rather than have our young people sent away todetention.

Cr Ruth Fagan

Caption Text:Professor Mick Dodson, Cowra High School's who did the Acknowledgement of Country at the forum and Aboriginal and SocialJustice Commissioner Mick Gooda.View original

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ANU and Cowra work together on justice reinvestment »11 Jun 2015 1:04 PMNoodls

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Reers from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with the New South Wales town of Cowra to exploreways of keeping young people out of the criminal justice system.

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A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for ...12 Jun 2015 7:32 AMABC Western Plains NSW, Dubbo, 07:30 News, Newsreader


A study into the cost of crime in a Central West town has found there is strong support for themoney to be invested in prevention and rehabilitation. The Australian National University hasselected Cowra for the two-year study.

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Justice Reinvestment project stakeholder forum tomorow25 May 2015Cowra Guardian, Cowra NSW, General News

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Anyone with an interest in ideas for keeping young people away from the criminal justice system isinvited to a stakeholder forum to be held in Cowra tomorrow.

The forum is part of a research project Reducing incarceration by testing Justice Reinvestment theoryand methodology: an exploratory case study.

The forum will be held at the JT Pridham Conference Centre, Cowra Agricultural Station, Binni CreekRoad, commencing with a community lunch at 12 noon on Tuesday and finish with lunch on Wednesday.

It will be co-chaired by Councillor Ruth Fagan and former Australian on the Year, Professor Mick Dodson.

Also attending the forum will be Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda. In his Social Justice Commissioner Report 2014,Commissioner Gooda hailed Justice Reinvestment as a powerful strategy that can help create safer community by investing inevidence-based programs, noting that it looks beyond offenders and towards the needs of the whole community.

The three year ARC-funded research project is being led by Dr Jill Guthrie. Dr Guthrie and a team of researchers from TheAustralian National University have worked closely with Cowra community members to explore the theory and researchmethodology of Justice Reinvestment.

"Justice Reinvestment is framework for rethinking criminal justice system so large sums of taxpayer money are not spentimprisoning people for low-level criminal activity," Dr Guthrie said.

"'Justice Reinvestment requires a shift in policy and social outlook from one of incarceration, towards non-incarceration toreinvest in the community and in people. It requires involvement by governments at all levels - federal, state, and local as wellas non-government organisations; service providers; the business sector; the education, employment and health sectors; thepolice and the judiciary.

"The Cowra community has engaged in the research project and this is demonstrated by the ongoing commitment leaderssuch as the Mayor, Councillor Bill West and Councillor Fagan and other community members." In keeping with the researchdesign, regular consultation and workshops with Cowra community members has occurred throughout the research to ensurethey are involved in decisions that empower them to explore alternatives to incarceration for their young people.

"Tomorrow's forum continues this process," Dr Guthrie said.

"And the community will have the opportunity to hear and discuss the findings from interviews they have participate in, andto deliberate on those findings in order to make recommendations for policy and practice." Anyone with an interest in theresearch topic is welcome to attend the forum. It will commence with a community lunch at 12 noon tomorrow, Tuesday, May26 at the JT Pridham Conference Centre, Cowra Agricultural Station, Binni Creek Road.

Further information can be found on the website http://ncis.anu.edu.au/cowra/ or by phoning 1800 010 448 (free call) oremailing [email protected].

Caption Text:Former Australian on the Year, Professor Mick Dodson will co-chair tomorrow's forum.Community stakeholders at a forum held in December 2013.View original

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Program explores alternatives to jail

For the past two years,researchers at the AustralianNational University (ANU)

and the town of Cowra have beenexploring ways to prevent youngpeople from slipping into thecriminal justice system.

ANU Research Fellow Dr JillGuthrie has been working on theJustice Reinvestment program,to work out potential new policyapproaches to address the underlyingcauses of crime and improve the livesof both individuals and communities.

The program culminated ina Cowra public meeting, whichconsidered alternatives to jail.

"The Cowra forum decided thatabout 50 per cent of the costs ofincarceration - some $23 million -had been spent for crimes whichwould be amenable to a JusticeReinvestment approach," saidDr Guthrie.

Justice Reinvestment wouldredirect funds into earlyintervention, crime preventionand diversionary programs,and would create savings in thecriminal justice system that couldbe reinvested into the community.The findings showed a potentialto reduce crime, offer positiveopportunities to young people andto save taxpayers' money.

"These outcomes from the forumhave wider application to othercommunities in Australia in thatthey represent a microcosm of whatis occurring in one town of about10,000 people," Dr Guthrie said.

"The same sorts of calculationsand deliberations could beapplied to many other towns andcommunities in other jurisdictionsincluding the ACT."

Cowra Shire CouncillorRuth Fagan said that overall

the community felt that crimessuch as traffic offences, publicorder offences, justice procedureoffenders and drug offences, couldbe considered as amenable to aJustice Reinvestment approach.

She also said that data showedaround $2.3 million a year wasspent to incarcerate local citizensfor those types of offences.

"It would be great if wecould reinvest that money in ourcommunity - into a Safe House,a Halfway House, a HomeworkCentre, skills training, housingthe homeless and similar positiveinitiatives that address theunderlying causes of crime - ratherthan have our young people sentaway to detention," she said.

Councillor Fagan praised theJustice Reinvestment program andsaid it was designed to help thecommunity find better outcomes.

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18 Jun 2015Canberra Weekly, Canberra

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Changing our little bit of the worldIt would be great if

we could reinvest thosemonies in our community -into a Safe House, aHalfway House, aHomework Centre, skillstraining, housing thehomeless - and similarpositive initiatives thataddress the underlyingcauses of crime - ratherthan have our young peoplesent away to detention.Cr Ruth Fagan


Cowra is the site of exploratory research that istesting how Justice Reinvestment could be adoptedas a possible policy approach.

The Cowra community, together with Australian NationalUniversity researchers, held a very successful Justice ReinvestmentForum in Cowra last week.

The research is being led by ANU Research Fellow, Dr JillGuthrie, who said the response from the community had been apositive one.

Cowra Shire Councillor Ruth Fagan and former Australian ofthe Year, Professor Mick Dodson, co-chaired the Forum which wasattended by some 40 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderSocial Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda also participated in theForum.

“We have been working closely with organisations in the townsuch as the Neighbourhood Centre, Cowra Youth Council, thePolice Citizens Youth Club, the schools, health services, CowraAboriginal Land Council, Headspace, the Mental Health Service,Cowra Aboriginal Land Council, Cowra Business Council andmany others,” Councillor Fagan said.

“The town has enthusiastically engaged with the research overthe past two years,” Dr Guthrie said.

The Forum was the culmination of two years engagement by theresearchers with the town to develop some shared understandingsof what Justice Reinvestment could look like if it was adopted aspolicy.

Justice Reinvestment aims to address the underlying causes ofcrime and improve the lives of both individuals and communities.It uses data to identify communities that have high concentrationsof offenders and assess the particular problems facing thosecommunities. The redirection of funds into early intervention, crimeprevention and diversionary programs creates savings in thecriminal justice system that can be reinvested into thosecommunities. Justice Reinvestment has the ability to reduce crime,offer positive opportunities to young people and to save taxpayers’money.

Forum participants reflected on the money that had been spenton incarcerating their own citizens over the past ten years. They alsodeliberated on the crimes that could be amenable to a JusticeReinvestment approach. They then engaged in a process to decidehow monies that had been spent on incarcerating Cowra citizenscould be better spent on prevention, early intervention or otherservices within the community.

“As a community, we overwhelmingly felt that crimes such astraffic offences, public order offences, justice procedure offendersand drug offences, could be considered as amenable to a JusticeReinvestment approach,” Cr Ruth Fagan said.

About $46 million had been spent on incarcerating Cowracitizens over the past ten years. Forum participants determined that

It would be great ifwe could reinvest thosemonies in our community -into a Safe House, aHalfway House, aHomework Centre, skillstraining, housing thehomeless - and similarpositive initiatives thataddress the underlyingcauses of crime - ratherthan have our young peoplesent away to detention.Cr Ruth Fagan


about 50 per cent of this - some $23 million - had been spent duringthat time on incarcerating their citizens for crimes which would beamenable to a Justice Reinvestment approach, if such a policy wasin place.

“When we take into consideration how much has been spent oncitizens from our community over the past ten years to incarceratethem for these types of offences, we learnt that some $23 millionhas been spent on our behalf. Looked at another way, just in ourcommunity alone, that represents some $2.3 million per annum thatcould be reinvested into treatment, prevention and earlyintervention, if a Justice Reinvestment policy was in place,” CrFagan said.

“It would be great if we could reinvest those monies in our



community - into a Safe House, a Halfway House, a HomeworkCentre, skills training, housing the homeless - and similar positiveinitiatives that address the underlying causes of crime - rather thanhave our young people sent away to detention.

‘The forum was an interesting and fitting public way ofintroducing us to the JR philosophy. It was also a great way for usall to see and hear the strengths and weaknesses in the provisionof support services for those less able to cope in our community.

“The research project has focused the community on findingbetter outcomes.

“It made me realise, we don’t need to change the world - justour little bit of it!”


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10 Jun 2015Cowra Guardian, Cowra NSW

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Professor Mick Dodson, Cowra High School's who did the Acknowledgement of Country at the forum and Aboriginaland Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda.


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Anyone with an interest in ideas for keeping young people away fromthe criminal justice system is invited to a stakeholder forum to be heldin Cowra tomorrow.

The forum is part of a research project Reducing incarceration bytesting Justice Reinvestment theory and methodology: an exploratorycase study.

The forum will be held at the JT Pridham Conference Centre, CowraAgricultural Station, Binni Creek Road, commencing with a communitylunch at 12 noon on Tuesday and finish with lunch on Wednesday. It willbe co-chaired by Councillor Ruth Fagan and former Australian on theYear, Professor Mick Dodson.

Also attending the forum will be Social Justice Commissioner MickGooda. In his Social Justice Commissioner Report 2014, CommissionerGooda hailed Justice Reinvestment as a powerful strategy that can helpcreate safer community by investing in evidence-based programs, notingthat it looks beyond offenders and towards the needs of the wholecommunity.

The three year ARC-funded research project is being led by Dr JillGuthrie. Dr Guthrie and a team of researchers from The AustralianNational University have worked closely with Cowra communitymembers to explore the theory and research methodology of JusticeReinvestment.

“Justice Reinvestment is framework for rethinking criminal justicesystem so large sums of taxpayer money are not spent imprisoningpeople for low-level criminal activity,” Dr Guthrie said.

“‘Justice Reinvestment requires a shift in policy and social outlookfrom one of incarceration, towards non-incarceration to reinvest in thecommunity and in people. It requires involvement by governments at alllevels - federal, state, and local as well as non-government organisations;service providers; the business sector; the education, employment andhealth sectors; the police and the judiciary.

“The Cowra community has engaged in the research project and thisis demonstrated by the ongoing commitment leaders such as the Mayor,Councillor Bill West and Councillor Fagan and other communitymembers.”

In keeping with the research design, regular consultation and




workshops with Cowra community members has occurred throughoutthe research to ensure they are involved in decisions that empower themto explore alternatives to incarceration for their young people.

“Tomorrow’s forum continues this process,” Dr Guthrie said.“And the community will have the opportunity to hear and discuss

the findings from interviews they have participate in, and to deliberateon those findings in order to make recommendations for policy andpractice.”

Anyone with an interest in the research topic is welcome to attendthe forum. It will commence with a community lunch at 12 noontomorrow, Tuesday, May 26 at the JT Pridham Conference Centre, CowraAgricultural Station, Binni Creek Road.

Further information can be found on the websitehttp://ncis.anu.edu.au/cowra/ or by phoning 1800 010 448 (free call) oremailing [email protected].







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Former Australian on the Year, Professor Mick Dodson willco-chair tomorrow's forum.



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Community stakeholders at a forum held in December 2013.



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