Preventing Violence: Cumulative Progress Reports on Implementation of the National Committee on Violence Recommendations, Update

• NCJ Number: 155376
• Author(s): J Herlihy
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 397 pages
• Corporate Author: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents the Australian Institute of Criminology's database on actions taken or being taken by Australian governments or organizations funded by Australian governments to address the wide variety of actors that may directly or indirectly the levels of violence in our society.

Abstract

The database had its origins in the National Committee on Violence. The information was provided by agencies involved in the implementation of the 138 recommendations of the National Committee of Violence in 1990 and covers responses from 1991 and 1993. These recommendations included general recommendations and recommendations for government dealing with health and welfare, education, employment and training, housing, aboriginal affairs, criminal law and procedure, law enforcement, and courts, as well as information and research agencies, private enterprise, other nongovernmental organizations, the medical and legal professions, architects and planners, and trade unions. Index