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Protecting the rights of trafficked women and children and those forced into prostitution through advocacy and non-adversarial justice

Ben Thiessen — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:27:23 +0000

Andrea Tokaji1 1 Fighting for International Justice Foundation This paper discusses the current gap in legislation and policy in relation to the trafficking of women and forced prostitution in Australia. International best practice models will be considered through a human...

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Promoting More Therapeutic Forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Ben Thiessen — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:41:55 +0000

Tania Sourdin1 1 University of Newcastle Law School ADR processes take many forms, they can be facilitative, advisory or adjudicative or even a blend of two or more forms. Some mimic more traditional court litigation processes and some focus on...

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Comparing Mental Health Courts and involuntary Civil Commitment Courts

Ben Thiessen — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:39:12 +0000

Professor Michael Perlin1 1 New York Law School There is a developing robust literature about mental health courts (MHCrts) in the United States, and researchers have begun to focus on a broad range of empirical issues, such as the extent...

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Court-referred ADR: perceptions of members of the judiciary in Australia

Ben Thiessen — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 22:53:24 +0000

Dr Nicky McWilliam1 Visiting research fellow, faculty of law UTS, Sydney A recent study employed qualitative and quantitative methods in examining attitudes of 104 Australian judges across five levels of the Australian court system with respect to court referred alternative...

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Examining Magistrate Perceptions and Use of Judicial Supervision

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 02:14:17 +0000

Magistrate Pauline Spencer1, Dr Benjamin Spivak2, Professor James Ogloff3, Dr Stephane Shepherd, Dr Diane Sivasubramaniam 1 Dandenong Magistrate’s Court, Dandenong, Victoria, 3175 2 Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology and Forensicare, 505 Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, 3068,...

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Finding the right balance – The Singapore Community Justice and Tribunal Division Experience

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 02:12:36 +0000

Miss Li Tien Wong District Judge, State Courts Singapore The paper describes Community Justice and Tribunal Division (CJTD) experience in developing a community justice strategy encompassing both adversarial and non-adversarial justice tools in resolving disputes, and working with stakeholders to...

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Judicial monitoring – panel discussion.

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:08:07 +0000

Deputy Chief Magistrate Jelena Popovic1, 1 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. jp@magistratescourt.vic.gov.au Judicial monitoring is a key feature of many therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) initiatives. It involves active oversight of a case by a judicial officer,...

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Specialist Family Violence Courts – developing best practice.

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:07:18 +0000

Magistrate Kate Hawkins1, Lisa Eldridge2, Robert Challis3 1 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. kih@magistratescourt.vic.gov.au 2 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Lisa.Eldridge@magistratescourt.vic.gov.au 3 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne,...

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The Assessment and Referral Court (ARC) List & Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – are they compatible?

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:05:46 +0000

Glenn Rutter1, Brianna Chesser2, Glen Hardy3 1 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Glenn.Rutter@courts.vic.gov.au 2 Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Pde, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065. Brianna.Chesser@acu.edu.au 3 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. ...

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The Court Integrated Services Program (CISP) – characteristics of successful program completion.

Ben Thiessen — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 01:02:13 +0000

Glen Hardy1, Glenn Rutter2 1 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Glen.Hardy@courts.vic.gov.au 2 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. Glenn.Rutter@courts.vic.gov.au The Court Integrated Services Program (CISP) is a court-based support program operating...

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