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
David Glasgow, AM1, Camille Banks2 1 Family Responsibilities Commissioner, Family Responsibilities Commission, PO Box 5438, Cairns, Qld, 4870, david.glasgow@frcq.org.au 2 Client Manager, Family Responsibilities Commission, PO Box 5438, Cairns, Qld, 4870, camille.banks@frcq.org.au The Family Responsibilities Commission (FRC) was established as...
- January 13, 2017
Jay Jordens1 1 Neighbourhood Justice Centre, 241 Wellington Street, Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Austalia The Neighbourhood Justice Centre’s Problem Solving Process has steadily provided a collaborative approach to complex cases coming before the Court for the ten years of the NJC’s...
- January 13, 2017
Mark Hamilton1, 1 UNSW, Sydney NSW, 2052, mark.hamilton@unsw.edu.au Practice from New Zealand highlights the potential use of restorative justice conferencing following environmental offending. Such conferencing may fulfil two important functions. Firstly, recognition, a symbolic purpose that acknowledges the fact that...
- January 13, 2017
