This social science project identified what stops people from voluntarily signing up to free rehabilitation programs. These results may help other community programs to improve their services.
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This was me en route to my stakeholder meeting! This is for our project on improving services and support for vulnerable people at risk of reoffending. This has been a massive project that I have loved working on. This group of people are underserved and yet over policed. They want a second chance after a life time caught up in the criminal justice system.
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This is my second last day of fieldwork on vulnerable people’s experiences with service providers. The interview was very interesting, focusing on drug dependencies, metal health and the law.
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Fourteen year old Elijah Doughty was killed by a White man who only received three years backdated to his arrest. We cannot allow this nation to continue killing Indigenous people with impunity.
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Common law does not require people are given access to an interpreter but legal cases show that use of interpreters does not always lead to an accurate and fair presentation of evidence in court. This is especially problematic for Indigenous Australians who speak diverse languages that don’t necessarily translate well through the mouths of a poorly trained interpreter.
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