Indigenous Justice Research Program

The Indigenous Justice Research Program (the Program) is a joint initiative by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and the Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse (IJC). The Program has been established to fund academic research relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander criminal justice.

The Program will provide funds to undertake applied, policy relevant research that employs robust methods. The research should identify and analyse:

• the nature and drivers of the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice and related systems;
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ contact with and experience in the criminal justice and related systems;
• policies, programs or other activities that will contribute to a reduction in the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice and related systems; and/or
• Indigenous approaches to crime and criminal justice.