Magistrate Kay Macpherson2, Magistrate Greg Levine2, Ms Viv Mortell2, Miss Elisa Buggy1 1Judicial College Of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2Children’s Court of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 3Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Australia The Family Drug Treatment Court was established in...
- January 13, 2017
Dr Anthony Hopkins1 1Australian National University, Acton, Australia At heart, adopting a solution focus in sentencing involves understanding the lived experiences of those who come before the court and using this understanding as a platform to promote positive change. It...
- January 13, 2017
Mr Jeremy Gormly1 1Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, Sydney, Australia Mediation and Conciliation are poorly distinguished but profoundly different. This presentation will distil Mediation and Conciliation and present the work being done by the think-tank Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council...
- January 13, 2017
Senior Judge Roger Dive Drug Courts of NSW P.O. Box 92 Parramatta NSW 2124 judge.dive@courts.nsw.gov.au The Drug Court of NSW has reached maturity – 18 years of age. In that time the Court has expanded to three locations, and maintains...
- January 13, 2017
Ms Katherine (preferred name Kate) McKenzie-Bridle1 1New Zealand Law Commission, Wellington, New Zealand Three quarters of New Zealand women who are sexually violated or abused know their abuser. He is a partner, relative or friend. Victims want the perpetrator held...
- January 13, 2017
Prof. Ian Freckelton1 1University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia For more than a decade analyses of coronial processes inspired by both therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice have identified the potential for maximizing the therapeutic and public health benefits of the investigative...
- January 13, 2017
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
