Dr. Loraine Lim1 1 Forensic Psychologist, 245 Sturt Street, Adelaide South Australia 5000, limloraine@gmail.com Mental health courts represent a key component of contemporary responses to mental illness and disability in the criminal justice system, and yet there is uncertainty about...
- January 13, 2017
Mrs Hilary Hannam1 1Family Court Of Australia, Parramatta, Australia Fact finding in family law disputes, particularly in relation to allegations of family violence and child abuse presents many challenges for litigants and judges. This is especially so when many litigants...
- January 13, 2017
Dr Nigel Stobbs1 1QUT, Durack, Australia This paper examines the perceived tension between due process and therapeutic process in problem solving courts. Although individual courts and programs can and do become dysfunctional in terms of their adherence to best practice,...
- January 13, 2017
Dr Becky Batagol1 & Professor Rachael Field2 1 Monash University, 2 Bond University Email contacts: Becky.Batagol@monash.edu rfield@bond.edu.au The imperatives relating to mediation and family violence remain broadly similar regardless of the context. There is a legitimate concern about the use of informal dispute...
- January 13, 2017
Prof. Lisa Toohey1, Prof Helen Partridge3, Professor Jonathan Crowe2, Professor Rachael Field2 1University Of Newcastle Law School, Newcastle, Australia, 2Bond University Law School, Robina, Australia, 3University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba , Australia This presentation reports on the results of the...
- January 13, 2017
Jennifer Donovan1 1 University of Melbourne, 161 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, jdonovan@student.unimelb.edu.au Interdisciplinary collaborations between legal and social services, outside the court setting, have emerged as a growing framework for assisting clients with high degrees of disadvantage, vulnerability and...
- January 13, 2017
Prof. Paula Marie Young1 Qatar University College of Law, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar, pyoung@qu.edu.qa I have now lived in Qatar for slightly over a year. My colleagues at the law school and in private practice have asked me to...
- January 13, 2017
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,...
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