Research + Projects

The CIJ undertakes research and makes submissions on the themes of restorative justice, family violence, women's decarceration and systemic reform. We work in partnership with the justice sector, government and justice system users, as well as independently.

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Project

Systemic Reform

Parkville College Understanding Pathways Project

Understanding Pathways for transition from detention to education and employment

Project

Systemic Reform

Understanding Experiences of Online Courts and Tribunals

This project will focus on developing practical approaches that enhance the delivery of online hearings so that these remain a positive and critical innovation in Victorian courts and tribunals.

Project

Family Violence

Evaluating the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria’s Expansion of the Remote Hearing Support Service

This service offers support and safety to people seeking the protection of a Family Violence Intervention Order by connecting them with specialist practitioners prior to, during and following the hearing, as well as offering the opportunity to participate in the hearing from a remote location, rather than attending court in person.

Project

Family Violence

Future-proofing Safety – A major project examining family violence in Victoria during COVID-19

The CIJ are proud to partner with Drummond Street’s Centre for Family Research and Evaluation (CFRE) and the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) on the Futureproofing Safety – COVID-19 and family violence in Victoria project.

Project

Women’s Decarceration

Feasibility Study – residential facility for Aboriginal women in contact with the criminal justice system

Developing a model and plan for implementation for a residential program for Aboriginal women in Victoria.

Project

Disability Justice

Forensic Disability Lived Experience Framework

The framework will be for Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH)’s forensic disability and complex needs services and will provide the department with a roadmap on engaging people with lived experience of intellectual disability and the criminal justice system in policy and service design work.

Project

Family Violence

Evaluation of Victoria Legal Aid’s Legal Practice Model

The CIJ have been commissioned to conduct what emerged as a developmental evaluation – working alongside VLA to support the continuous generation of learnings as the Model becomes bedded down.

Project

Systemic Reform

The Yallum Yallum Project: Developing a self-determined justice model

This project aims to support the design of an independent self-determined justice model incorporating an ‘Elders and Respected Persons Council’, to be known as Yallum Yallum.

Project

Women’s Decarceration

Community SupPORT Pathways

The CIJ is supporting an exciting pilot project led by LACW. Delivered in partnership with the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Community SupPORT Pathways for Women links criminalised women with community football clubs, providing opportunities for employment, volunteering, recreation – and, most importantly, belonging. The CIJ will deliver the embedded participatory evaluation component of the program.

Project

Women’s Decarceration

Lessons from COVID-19: The use of remand, bail and sentencing for women

As part of our continuing focus on the specific needs of women in the justice system, the CIJ has embarked on a project developed in partnership with the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women, which explores women's experiences of criminal justice contact and legal outcomes since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Project

Criminal Record Discrimination

Rethinking Criminal Record Checks

Building on earlier successful work addressing this issue, the Rethinking Criminal Records project will educate employers and job seekers about their rights and obligations in disclosing criminal history.

Submission

Systemic Reform

Submission to the Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System

The CIJ made a submission to the Victorian Government's independent cultural review of the adult custodial corrections system. It offers insights into the experiences and needs of people in custodial corrections, in particular people with disability and women in prisons.

Submissions to the Review to Improve Victim’s Experiences of Summary Criminal Proceedings

Supporting Justice Website Resource

Supporting Justice is aimed at improving the justice system's responses to mental health and disability.

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Research + Projects

Download our publications here

Download our submissions here

Parkville College Understanding Pathways Project

Understanding Experiences of Online Courts and Tribunals

Evaluating the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria’s Expansion of the Remote Hearing Support Service

Future-proofing Safety – A major project examining family violence in Victoria during COVID-19

Feasibility Study – residential facility for Aboriginal women in contact with the criminal justice system

Forensic Disability Lived Experience Framework

Evaluation of Victoria Legal Aid’s Legal Practice Model

The Yallum Yallum Project: Developing a self-determined justice model

Community SupPORT Pathways

Lessons from COVID-19: The use of remand, bail and sentencing for women

Rethinking Criminal Record Checks

Submission to the Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System

Submissions to the Review to Improve Victim’s Experiences of Summary Criminal Proceedings

Supporting Justice Website Resource

Centre for Innovative Justice

Acknowledgment of country

Privacy Collection Notice

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