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Conference Presentations
2019, 'Yuwaya Ngarra-li: a community-led partnership responding to the criminalisation of Aboriginal peoples', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, 09 September 2019 - 11 September 2019, https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/node/36/paper/2265
,2019, 'Yuwaya Ngarra-li: Evaluating an Aboriginal community-led partnership working towards systemic change in Walgett', presented at Australasian Evaluation Society Conference, Sydney, 01 September 2019 - 03 September 2019, https://aes19.sched.com/speaker/ruthmccausland
,2019, 'A Community-Led Partnership to Improve Wellbeing and Pathways out of the Criminal Justice System for Aboriginal People', presented at Reintegration Puzzle Conference, Darwin, Northern Territory, 26 June 2019 - 28 June 2019, http://rpc2019.conferenceworks.com.au/presentations/yuwaya-ngarra-li-a-community-led-partnership-to-improve-wellbeing-and-pathways-out-of-the-criminal-justice-system-for-aboriginal-people/
,2018, 'Conceptualising and responding to the systemic criminalisation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with mental and cognitive disability', presented at Critical Criminology and Social Justice Conference, UNSW, 26 September 2018 - 28 September 2018, https://www.cclj.unsw.edu.au/sites/cclj.unsw.edu.au/files/Program%20Abstracts%20%2021%20Sep_0.pdf
,2018, 'Economic Evaluation of the Intellectual Disability Rights Service Criminal Justice Support Network', presented at Australasian Evaluation Society, 18 September 2018 - 20 September 2018, https://www.aes.asn.au/images/images-old/stories/files/conferences/2018/25McCauslandRebecca.pdf
,2017, 'Conceptualising the social determinants of justice', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology conference, Canberra, 06 December 2017 - 08 December 2017, https://anzsoc.org/files/conferencearchives/2017/2017-conference-program.pdf
,2017, 'Community-Led Pathways out of the Criminal Justice System for People with Complex Needs', presented at University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice International Criminological Research Seminar, Liverpool, UK, 25 October 2017, https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/law-and-social-justice/3research/Ruth,McCausland,and,Mindy,Sotiri,Abstract.pdf
,2017, '‘I’m sorry, but I can’t take a photo of someone’s capacity being built’: the need for better evaluation metrics', presented at Australasian Evaluation Society conference, Sydney, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017, https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/node/38/paper/2073
,2017, 'From ‘at risk’ to ‘a risk’: the costs of unsupported transitions for disadvantaged young people with complex needs', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017, https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/sites/www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/files/uploads/files/aspc_2017_program_and_abstracts_booklet.pdf
,2017, '‘What are the benefits to costing alternatives to unfitness to plead?’ People with Cognitive Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: Addressing the Legal Barriers and Creating Appropriate Alternative Supports in the Community Panel', presented at Reintegration Puzzle Conference, Sydney, 20 June 2017
,2016, 'The need for a new approach to people with mental and cognitive disability in custody', presented at Corrective Services NSW Psychology Conference, 16 September 2016
,2016, '‘What gets measured gets managed’: The problem with evaluation of post-release diversionary program', presented at ANZSOC, Hobart, 13 August 2016 - 15 August 2016, http://anzsocconference.com.au/3675
,2016, 'A predictable and preventable path: Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system', presented at Reintegration Puzzle conference, Geelong, 26 June 2016, http://www.reintegrationpuzzle.com.au/2016/04/2016-reintegration-puzzle-conference-program-now-available-2/
,2016, 'A predictable and preventable path: Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system', presented at Reintegration Puzzle Conference, Geelong, Victoria, 20 June 2016
,2015, 'The economic costs of the over-representation of people with disability in the criminal justice system', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 28 September 2015, https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/sites/www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/files/uploads/ASPC%202015%20Program%20and%20Abstracts.pdf
,2015, 'The role of evaluation in reducing the over-representation of Indigenous Australian women in prison', presented at Australasian Evaluation Conference, 18 September 2015, https://aes.asn.au/annual-conference-papers/100842-2015-aes-international-conference-melbourne-presentations
,2015, 'Aboriginal women’s access to diversionary programs', presented at NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference, Sydney, 16 February 2015, https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Documents/2015_Conference/2A-1_McCausland.pptx
,2014, '‘Using evaluation to reduce the numbers of Indigenous Australian women in prison’', presented at 11th EES Biennial Conference: Evaluation for an Equitable Society: Independence, Partnership, Participation, Dublin, Ireland, 01 October 2014, https://europeanevaluation.org/events/international-energy-policies-programmes-evaluation-conference-ieppec/
,2005, '‘Petrol bowsers for washing kids’ faces: a ‘new conversation’ in Indigenous policy’', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 30 September 2005, https://www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/sites/www.aspc.unsw.edu.au/files/uploads/aspc_historical_conferences/2005/paper125.pdf
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