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SOCIAL POLICY SEMINAR Presentation by Peter Norden, SJ Policy Director Jesuit Social Services to Department of Premier and Cabinet Melbourne, 16 December 2005. Opening Slide. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice.

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  1. SOCIAL POLICY SEMINAR Presentation by Peter Norden, SJ Policy Director Jesuit Social Services to Department of Premier and Cabinet Melbourne, 16 December 2005 Opening Slide

  2. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SD/CJ Relationship Their Inter-relationship and Impact on Public Health and Wealth

  3. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • Measures social disadvantage by postcode area in Vic and New South Wales • Poverty concentrated and entrenched in certain areas • Strong correlations between disadvantage factors • Positive impact of social cohesion CAR Main Points Social Disadvantage

  4. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice CAR Disadvantage Factors Social Disadvantage Factors • Unemployment • Child Neglect • Long Term Unemployment • Psychiatric Hosp. Admissions • Low Family Income • Disability/Sickness Allowance • Early School Leaving • Mortality • Year 12 Incomplete • Court Convictions • Low Work Skills • Imprisonment • Low Birth Weight

  5. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Disadvantage Degree of Disadvantage Middle range Degree of Advantage Advantage All others CAR Map Vic Social Comparison – Vic Unequal in Life Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, [Map 4]

  6. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Disadvantage Degree of Disadvantage Middle range Degree of Advantage Advantage All others CAR Map Melb Social Comparison – Melbourne Unequal in Life Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, [Map 5]

  7. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice 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

  8. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice CAR Spac Comp Vic 2 N = 647 Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, p. 48

  9. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • Participation in organised recreation/sports groups • Volunteering • Availability of informal help CAR Social Cohesion Factors Social Cohesion Factors Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, p. 46

  10. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Across local populationsLOW FAMILY INCOME and IMPRISONMENT are strongly connected (0.55**) Low social cohesion Connectiongrowsstronger (0.62) with Connectionsignificantlyweakens (0.18) High social cohesion with N = 277 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

  11. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Low social cohesion with High social cohesion with CAR Unemp/Imp SC comp Impact of Community Development Interventions (contd) Across local populationsUNEMPLOYMENT and IMPRISONMENT are strongly connected (0.65**) Connectiongrowsstronger (0.75) Connectionsignificantlyweakens (0.22) N = 277 **Significant at .01 level Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, p. 79

  12. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Low social cohesion with High social cohesion with CAR Early Sch/Unemp SC comp Impact of Community Development Interventions (contd) Across local populationsEARLY SCHOOL LEAVING and UNEMPLOYMENT are strongly connected (0.64**) Connectionremainsstrong (0.63) Connectionsignificantlyweakens (0.28) N = 277 **Significant at .01 level Source: Vinson, T., Community, Adversity & Resilience, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, 2004, p. 79

  13. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Across local populationsUNEMPLOYMENT and CHILD NEGLECT are strongly connected (0.68**) Low social cohesion Connectionremainshigh (0.56) with Connectiondrops (0.40) High social cohesion with 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

  14. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • Imbalance between crime and prison rates • Custodial remand • Health of prisoners • Impact on general public Criminal Justice Main Points Criminal Justice

  15. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice 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 16, p. 31.

  16. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Chart, increase in Remand Pop - Vic Increase in Remand Population - Vic

  17. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice 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

  18. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice Crime and Custodial Remand • Crime and Custodial Remand in Victoria: Average annual percentage change 2001-2004

  19. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice 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

  20. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • $214 million spent on Victorian prisons (2003-4) • Average cost per prisoner per day = $204.10 Financial Cost of Remand Financial Costs of Custodial Remand

  21. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • 26% of prisoners met criteriafor mental illness • 20% met criteria for Major Depression • 8% met criteria for Manic Depression (Bipolar) • 7% met criteria for Schizophrenia • 30% of prisoners surveyed had attempted suicide High Rates of Mental Illness High Rates of Prisoners with Mental Illness Source: Victorian Prisoner Health Studies, DOJ, Feb 2003, p.30 & 36.

  22. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • 58% of prisoners tested positive for Hep C Virus • 69% of prisoners admit to injecting drugs • 18.5% increase in prisoners found to be HCV carriers High Rates of Hec C High Rates of Prisoners with Hepatitis C Source: Victorian Prisoner Health Studies, DOJ, Feb 2003, p. 90

  23. Jesuit Social Services Standing in solidarity with those in need Expressing a faith that promotes justice • Increased risk of Hepatitis C Infection- over 220,000 Australians already infected- 16,000 new infections each year • Increased expenditure on Vic Prison system • Increased welfare payments to dependants of remand prisoners Impact on Public Impact on General Public

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