Terms of reference
Preface
Summary

1. BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
ABORIGINES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
(a) Over-representation of Aborigines
(b) Types of offences
(c) Aboriginal women
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
SUMMARY

2. METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION
COURTS
RESEARCH OFFICERS
THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT
(a) Background Information
(b) Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (Matrices Section) (K-BIT)
(c) Mini Mental State Examination, Abbreviated (MSE)
(d) Interviewer’s Notes
THE SAMPLE
DATA ANALYSES

3. RESULTS
SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE
(a) Gender
(b) Ethnicity
(c) Education
(d) Employment
(e) Social Security
(f) Age
OFFENCES
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSUMPTION
PERFORMANCE ON THE K-BIT
MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MSE)
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT
THE COMBINED SAMPLE
Correlations between sections of the survey instrument
(a) Gender
(b) Ethnicity
PERFORMANCE ON THE K-BIT

4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
MAJOR FINDINGS
REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE SAMPLE
ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSUMPTION
THE COMBINED SAMPLE
CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A - Survey instrument

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Highest grade completed
Table 2: Number of schools attended
Table 3: Hours of work
Table 4: Pension or Benefit
Table 5: Age range
Table 6: Offence category of most serious charge
Table 7: Number of previous offences
Table 8: Amount of alcohol consumed
Table 9: K-BIT standard scores
Table 10: Distribution below standard score of 80
Table 11: Distribution of percentile ranks 10 and below
Table 12: Number of schools, and SS
Table 13: MSE and K-BIT results
Table 14: MSE and Gender
Table 15: K-BIT standard scores for non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal/Islander respondents
Table 16: Cross tabulation of K-BIT results with MSE