2011 John Barry Memorial Lecture
This lecture explores research investigating what factors might explain why some Indigenous communities have high crime rates and others have low ones. It looks at what works and what doesn't and how this might guide better policy approaches. In particular, there is a focus on the impact of funding structures, the strength of the social fabric and the alternatives available in sentencing. It will argue that, as well as a whole-of-community approach to crime prevention, there needs to be investment in human capital before cycles of offending will be broken.
Prof. Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of the ACT and NSW as a barrister.
Larissa is a Land Commissioner at the Land and Environment Court and the Alternate Chair of the Serious Offenders Review Board, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia and a founding member of the Australian Academy of Law. She is the Chair of the Humanities and Creative Arts panel of the Australian Research Council College of Experts.
She is the author of several books on Indigenous legal issues. She won the 2002 David Uniapon Award and a 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for her novel Home. Her latest novel, Legacy, is due for release in October this year. Larissa is a Board Member of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a board member of Tranby Aboriginal College and a Director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre. She was named as 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year.
Also join us for the 2011 John Barry Memorial Symposium, 'Moving beyond consultation: collaborative ways forward for criminal justice, social justice and structural justice' prior to the lecture at 4.00-5.30pm in the North Lecture Theatre, First Floor, Old Arts Building.
When:
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 | 6.30pm
Where:
Public Lecture Theatre
Ground Floor, Old Arts Building
Location map
Registration opens on Thursday, 15 September 2011 and close on Tuesday, 15 November 2011.
Questions?
Contact Tamsin Courtney in the Faculty of Arts at tamsinc@unimelb.edu.au or 8344 8985.
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