Motivation and emotion/Book/2026/Motivational effects of incarceration on Indigenous Australians

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Theoretical framework

Self-determination theory

• facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being

Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives

Cultural identity as a motivational resource

Connection to Community, Country and culture

Influence of Elders

Influence of 'shame'

Culturally-specific programs and motivational outcomes

First Nations sentencing courts – Koori Court and Circle Sentencing

Men's healing programs

Women's healing programs

The Torch and importance of story-telling through art

Importance of reconnecting to Community as part of rehabilitation

References

Australian Law Reform Commission – Pathways to Justice – Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ALRC Report 133). https://www.alrc.gov.au/publication/pathways-to-justice-inquiry-into-the-incarceration-rate-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-alrc-report-133/

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research's Independent Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. https://www.coalitionofpeaks.org.au/independent-review-of-closing-the-gap

Maruna, Shadd. (2001). Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives. Making good: How ex-convicts reform and rebuild their lives.. 6. 10.1037/10430-000. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232604319_Making_Good_How_Ex-Convicts_Reform_and_Rebuild_Their_Lives

Productivity Commission's Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, 2024. https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-and-research/closing-the-gap-review/report/

Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being https://research-ebsco-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/c/aprr63/viewer/pdf/ohmn6w2khr?route=details

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