Opening Slide

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Opening Slide
SOCIAL POLICY SEMINAR Presentation by Peter
Norden, SJ Policy Director Jesuit Social
Services to Department of Premier and Cabinet
Melbourne, 16 December 2005
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SD/CJ Relationship
Their Inter-relationship and Impact on Public
Health and Wealth
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CAR Main Points
Social Disadvantage
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CAR Disadvantage Factors
Social Disadvantage Factors

• Child Neglect

• Unemployment

• Psychiatric Hosp. Admissions

• Long Term Unemployment

• Disability/Sickness Allowance

• Low Family Income

• Mortality

• Early School Leaving

• Court Convictions

• Year 12 Incomplete

• Low Work Skills

• Imprisonment

• Low Birth Weight

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CAR Map Vic
Social Comparison Vic
Unequal in Life
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, Map 4
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CAR Map Melb
Social Comparison Melbourne
Unequal in Life
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, Map 5
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CAR Spac Comp Vic 1
Percentage of Victorian Postcode areas needed to
account for 25 and 50 of instances of each form
of disadvantage
N 647
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 48
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CAR Spac Comp Vic 2
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 48
N 647
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CAR Social Cohesion Factors
Social Cohesion Factors
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 46
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CAR Low Inc/Imp SC comp
Community Development Interventions Drives a
Wedge in the Cycle of Disadvantage
Significant at .01 level
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 79
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CAR Unemp/Imp SC comp
Impact of Community Development Interventions
(contd)
Across local populationsUNEMPLOYMENT and
IMPRISONMENT are strongly connected (0.65)
Connectiongrows stronger (0.75)
Connectionsignificantly weakens (0.22)
N 277
Significant at .01 level
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 79
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CAR Early Sch/Unemp SC comp
Impact of Community Development Interventions
(contd)
Across local populationsEARLY SCHOOL
LEAVING and UNEMPLOYMENT are strongly
connected (0.64)
Connectionremains strong (0.63)
Connectionsignificantly weakens (0.28)
N 277
Significant at .01 level
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 79
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CAR Unemp/Child Neglect SC comp
Impact of Community Development Interventions
(contd)
N 277
Significant at .01 level
Source Vinson, T., Community, Adversity
Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne,
2004, p. 79
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Criminal Justice Main Points
Criminal Justice
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Chart, crime/prison rates
Source Crime Statistics. Australian Institute
of Criminology. Australian crime. Facts and
figures 2004
Crime Rate Australia 1996-2003 per 100,000
population
Crime rate downbutPrison rate up
Prisoners Australia 1994 - 2004
Source Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004),
Prisoners in Australia, ABS, Cat No 4517.0, Table
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Chart, increase in Remand Pop - Vic
Increase in Remand Population - Vic
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Remand Factors
Factors contributing to increase in unsentenced
prison population

• Crime- common offences committed by remand
  population

• Institutional Factors- increased time on remand

• Other- Lack of stable accommodation and income

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Crime and Custodial Remand

• Crime and Custodial Remand in Victoria Average
  annual percentage change 2001-2004

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Impact of Remand
Impact of Custodial Remand

• Likelihood of assault

• Increased likelihood of guilty plea, or longer
  sentence

• Disruption from social support networks and
  commitments to family

• Deprivation of civil liberties due to remand in
  maximum security prisons

• Increased risk to health and general wellbeing

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Financial Cost of Remand
Financial Costs of Custodial Remand
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High Rates of Mental Illness
High Rates of Prisoners with Mental Illness
Source Victorian Prisoner Health Studies, DOJ,
Feb 2003, p.30 36.
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High Rates of Hec C
High Rates of Prisoners with Hepatitis C
Source Victorian Prisoner Health Studies, DOJ,
Feb 2003, p. 90
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Impact on Public
Impact on General Public
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