Evaluation of Indigenous justice programs Project D. Safe Aboriginal Youth Patrol programs in New South Wales and Northbridge policy and Juvenile Aid Group in Western Australia

Authors

Trudi Cooper, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Margaret Sims
John Scott
Pamela Henry, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Elaine Barclay
Terence Love, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Report

Publisher

Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and Edith Cowan University

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

22279

Comments

Cooper, T., Sims, M., Scott, J., Henry, P., Barclay, E., Love, T. (2014). Evaluation of Indigenous justice programs Project D. Safe Aboriginal Youth Patrol programs in New South Wales and Northbridge policy and Juvenile Aid Group in Western Australia. Available here

Abstract

In this evaluation, we examined two different approaches to delivery of Community and Night patrol services for young people: the Safe Aboriginal Youth Patrol programs (SAYP) of NSW, and the Northbridge Policy project (NPP) sometimes also called the Young people in Northbridge project, in Perth, Western Australia. The overarching focus of this evaluation was to determine whether the programs should be considered as examples of ‘good practice’ to be replicated elsewhere, and to find evidence of outcomes achieved by each program...