Elanor Peattie1, Libby Penman2 1 Victoria Legal Aid, Neighbourhood Justice Centre, 241 Wellington Street, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, elanor.peattie@vla.vic.gov.au 2 Victoria Legal Aid, Neighbourhood Justice Centre, 241 Wellington Street, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, libby.penman@vla.vic.gov.au The Neighbourhood Justice Centre (NJC) is Australia’s only...
- January 13, 2017
A/P Penelope Weller1 1 GSBL,RMIT University, City Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. penelope.weller@rmit.edu.au This paper considers the application of procedural justice theory and practice in legal interactions concerning individuals who a persons lack legal capacity. To date the procedural justice research...
- January 13, 2017
Grant THOMAS, Youth Justice Co-ordinator, Conferencing Unit, Youth Court of S.A. 1, Winnie CHIU, Care and Protection Co-ordinator, Conferencing Unit, Youth Court of S.A. 2 1 Youth Court of South Australia, Courts Administration Authority, 75 Wright Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000,...
- January 13, 2017
Dr Astrid Birgden1 1Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Just Forensic, Melbourne, Australia, 2Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Melbourne, Australia Offenders have human rights. Therefore offenders are both rights-violators and rights-holders requiring legal actors as duty-bearers to balance managing offender risk with meeting offender...
- January 13, 2017
Fleur Beaupert1, Eleanore Fritze2 1 La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive Bundoora, Melbourne 3086 VIC, f.beaupert@latrobe.edu.au 2 Victoria Legal Aid, GPO Box 4380, Melbourne 3001, VIC, eleanore.fritze@vla.vic.gov.au Mental health tribunals (MHTs) (or their equivalent) in each state...
- January 13, 2017
Rob Hulls1, Stan Winford2, Nareeda Lewers3 1 Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University, 106 Victoria Street Carlton, Victoria 3053, rob.hulls@rmit.edu.au 2 Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University, 106 Victoria Street Carlton, Victoria 3053, stan.winford@rmit.edu.au 3 Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT...
- January 13, 2017
Associate Professor John L Anderson1, Dr Nicola M Ross2, Ms Mary Porter AM3 1 Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308. John.Anderson@newcastle.edu.au 2 Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308. Nicola.Ross@newcastle.edu.au 3 Former MLA, ACT Legislative...
- January 13, 2017
Parents in the care jurisdiction of the Children’s Court: What can non-adversarial approaches offer?
Nicola M Ross1, 1 Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan 2308 Nicola.Ross@Newcastle.edu.au Principles from therapeutic jurisprudence address the need to create a respectful and supportive court environment where participants are actively engaged in decision-making and make behavioural...
- January 13, 2017
Jennifer C Hurley1 1 PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University. The psychology of procedural justice explains peoples’ reactions to court decision making processes. Through fostering individuals’ subjective perceptions of fairness, court processes that apply procedural justice...
- January 13, 2017
Mr Damian James1 1Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Collingwood, Australia The Neighbourhood Justice Centre (NJC) is home to a multi-jurisdictional Court supported by a Registry staffed by three Registrars, one Trainee and a Neighbourhood Justice Officer (NJO). The NJO is a legislated...
- January 13, 2017
