By Associate Professor Melanie Schwartz

Books

Stubbs J; Russell S; Baldry E; Brown D; Cunneen C; Schwartz M, 2023, Rethinking community sanctions: Social justice and penal control, Emerald Publishing Limited

Goldson B; Cunneen C; Russell S; Brown D; Baldry E; Schwartz M; Briggs D, 2020, Youth justice and penality in comparative context, Taylor & Francis, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351242134

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Steel A; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Schwartz M; Anthony T; Loughnan A, 2020, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760021795

Cunneen C; Brown D; Schwartz M; Stubbs J; Young C, 2016, Justice Reinvestment Winding Back Imprisonment, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2016.12036063

Brown D; Farrier D; McNamara L; Grewcock M; Quilter J; Steel A; Schwartz M, 2015, Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of NSW, Federation Press

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown M; Brown M; Schwartz M; Steel A, 2013, Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration, Ashgate, Farnham

Brown D; Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown M; Steel A; Schwartz M, 2013, Penal Culture and hyperincarceration: The revival of the prison, Ashgate, London

Book Chapters

Schwartz M; Allison F; Cunneen C, 2017, 'The Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous People Forty Years After Sackville: The findings of the Indigenous Legal Needs Project', in Law and Poverty: 40 Years after the Commission of Inquiry into Poverty, Federation Press, Sydney

Schwartz M; Olijnyk A, 2016, 'A Restorative Justice Approach', in Constitutional Critical Thinking: Re-reading Monis v The Queen

Schwartz M, 2016, 'Indigenous People and Access to Justice in Civil and Family Law', in Flynn A; Hodgson J (ed.), Access to Justice and Legal Aid Comparative Perspectives on Unmet Legal Need, Hart Publishing, pp. 269 - 286

Brown D; Cunneen C; Schwartz M; Stubbs J; Young C, 2016, 'Justice Reinvestment as Social Justice', in The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights, Routledge, pp. 309 - 318

Schwartz M, 2015, 'Criminalisation and Drugs: What Should We Do About Cannabis?', in Crofts T; Loughnan A (ed.), Criminalisation and Criminal Responsibility in Australia, Oxford University Press, USA

Steel AD; schwartz M, 2014, 'Broader Social Context as a Lens for Learning: Teaching Criminal Law', in Disciplines: The Lenses of Learning, Common Ground, USA, pp. 9 - 24

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Global Convictism and the Postcolonial', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 19 - 37, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352307500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Manifestations of Contemporary Penal Culture', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 185 - 195

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Parliaments, Courts and Imprisonment Rates', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 39 - 66, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352307500003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Penal Culture: The Meaning of Imprisonment', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 1 - +

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Penal Culture: Transmission, Normalisation and Reproduction', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 139 - 165

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Reinvigorating the Prison: New Perspectives on Containment', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 113 - 137, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352307500006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Suitable Enemies: Penal Subjects', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 91 - 112, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352307500005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cunneen C; Baldry E; Brown D; Schwartz M; Steel A; Brown M, 2013, 'Winding Back Mass Imprisonment?', in PENAL CULTURE AND HYPERINCARCERATION: THE REVIVAL OF THE PRISON, ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD, pp. 167 - 183, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352307500008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles

Beetson J; Anderson P; Lin S; Williamson F; Amazan R; Boughton B; Morrell S; Taylor R; Schwartz M, 2022, 'Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2201

Cunneen C; Russell S; Schwartz M, 2021, 'Principles in diversion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people from the criminal jurisdiction', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 33, pp. 170 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2020.1813386

Schwartz M; Goldson B; Cunneen C; Baldry E; Russell S; Briggs D; Brown D, 2020, 'YOUTH ‘JUSTICE’ IN AUSTRALIA: HISTORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, RACIALISED INJUSTICE AND PROSPECTS OF REDRESS', Court of Conscience, 2020, pp. 17 - 22, https://www.unswlawsoc.org/publications/court-of-conscience

Schwartz M, 2018, 'Retaining our best: imposter syndrome, cultural safety, complex lives and Indigenous student experiences of law school', Legal Education Review, 28, https://ler.scholasticahq.com/article/7455-retaining-our-best-imposter-syndrome-cultural-safety-complex-lives-and-indigenous-student-experiences-of-law-school

Schwartz M, 2017, 'Low-end penalty, big-time impact: The effect of fines on indigenous people', Indigenous Law Bulletin, Volume 8, pp. 14 - 17

Cunneen C; Allison F; Schwartz M, 2014, 'Access to justice for Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 49, pp. 219 - 240, http://search.proquest.com/docview/1549546309?accountid=12763

Schwartz M, 2013, 'Invoking Cultural Awareness through teaching Indigenous Issues in criminal law and procedure', Legal Education Review, 23, pp. 31 - 56, http://www.ler.edu.au/

Allison F; Schwartz M; Cunneen C, 2013, 'Thats Discrimination! Indigenous Peoples Experiences of Discrimination in the Northern Territory', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, pp. 8 - 12

Brown D; Schwartz M; Boseley L, 2012, 'The promise of justice reinvestment', Alternative Law Journal, 37, pp. 96 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1203700206

Schwartz M, 2010, 'Building Communities, Not Prisons: Justice Reinvestment and Indigenous Over-representation', Australian Indigenous Law Review, 14, pp. 2 - 2

Schwartz M; Cunneen C, 2009, 'Civil and Family Law Needs of Indigenous people in New South Wales: the Priority Areas', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 32

Schwartz M; Cunneen C, 2009, 'From Crisis to Crime: the escalation of civil and family law issues to criminal matters in Aboriginal communities in NSW', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7

Schwartz M; Cunneen C, 2009, 'Working Cheaper, Working Harder: Inequity in Funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 7, pp. 19

Cunneen C; Schwartz M, 2008, 'Funding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services: Issues of Equity and Access', Criminal Law Journal, 32, pp. 38 - 53

Schwartz M, 2007, 'Policing the Territory: A Comment on the Emergency Response to Little Children are Sacred', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 9

Allison F; Cunneen C; Schwartz M; Behrendt L, 'Indigenous Legal Needs Project: Northern Territory Report', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2194727

Conference Papers

Schwartz M, 2017, 'Retaining our Best: Reflections on the experiences of Indigenous students at UNSW Sydney Law', UNSW Sydney, presented at Research in Legal Education Conference, UNSW Sydney, 04 December 2017 - 04 December 2017

Schwartz M, 2016, 'Contemporary juvenile justice policy and practice: Australia and England and Wales’', New Orleans, presented at American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, 16 November 2016 - 19 November 2016

Cunneen C; Schwartz M, 2013, 'A cautious approach to Justice Reinvestment', presented at Criminal Lawyers Association of the Northern Territory, -

Schwartz M, 2011, 'Old Wine in a new bottle? The potential for Justice Reinvestment in reducing offending in Australian Indigenous communities', Bali, presented at Extremes in Justice, Bali, 30 June 2011 - 30 June 2011

Schwartz M, 2010, 'The Australian Prisons Project', Belfast, presented at ICOPA 13: Abolition, Reform and the Politics of Global Incarceration, Belfast, 23 June 2010 - 25 June 2010

Schwartz M, 2009, 'From Crisis to Crime: the escalation of civil and family law issues to criminal matters in Aboriginal communities in NSW', Bali, presented at Criminal Justice: Diagnosis Terminal?, Bali, 28 June 2009 - 28 June 2009

Conference Presentations

Schwartz M; Stubbs J; Brown D, 2018, 'Rethinking Community Sanctions in the C21st: The Challenge of Imaginary Penalities for Community Sector Organisations', presented at Critical Criminology and Social Justice Conference, 26 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Schwartz M, 2015, 'The value of justice targets and a justice reinvestment approach', presented at UNSW Criminologists in Conversation, 12 October 2015 - 12 October 2015

Schwartz M, 2015, 'The Civil and Family Law Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Australia: The Indigenous Legal Needs Project', presented at ACCC Consumer Conference, 20 March 2015 - 20 March 2015

Brown D; Schwartz M; Stubbs J; Young C, 2014, 'Justice Reinvestment: Winding back imprisonment?', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Sydney University Law School, 02 October 2014 - 02 October 2014

Schwartz M, 2014, 'Oral submission to Productivity Commission inquiry into Access to Justice Arrangements', presented at Productivity Commission inquiry into Access to Justice Arrangements, -

Cunneen C; Schwartz M, 2013, 'A cautious approach to Justice Reinvestment', presented at Growing the NT Fairly Changes and Challenges Conference, 29 May 2013 - 29 May 2013

Reports

Schwartz M; Allison F; Cunneen C, 2020, Submission to the Select Committee on the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody

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