Australian Institute of Criminology Report

Juveniles’ contact with the criminal justice system in Australia

This report presents the first collection of data on juveniles’ contact with the criminal justice system as both alleged/convicted offenders and complainants/victims in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Its primary objectives are to outline data from each of these jurisdictions on juveniles’ contact with the policing, courts and correctional systems and to determine what we do and do not know about juveniles’ contact with the criminal justice system.

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Newsletter of the American Society of International Law

Insight - October 9 2003 (Vol. 13 Issue 17)

Transnational crime brief no. 5

Labour trafficking : prosecutions and other proceedings / Australian Institute of Criminology Australian Institute of Criminology, 2009.

A review of the Indigenous Justice Taskforce / Indigenous Justice Taskforce
Department of the Attorney General, 2009

Suspended sentences in Tasmania: key research findings

Although there are numerous arguments for and against the use of suspended sentences, improving our knowledge of how this sentencing disposition is applied in practice will help inform the debate. This paper provides an overview of the use of suspended sentences in the Supreme Court of Tasmania, as well as an analysis of reconviction and breach rates for those placed on such an order.

Human rights report released

The National Human Rights Consultation Committee report has been released after extensive consultation, concluding that Australia should adopt a Human Rights Act. © 2009 CCH Australia Ltd