Mentally ill offenders eligible for diversion at local court in New South Wales (NSW), Australia: factors associated with initially successful diversionCourt diversionmentally disordered offenderscourt liaisonmagistratescriminal procedureethnic differencesDiversion away from the criminal justice system and into ...
The fourth person arrested over the doorstop shooting of Glenn Walewicz is also the second to be charged with murdering him. The 24-year-old did not apply for bail when he appeared briefly in the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday (11 June). Magistrate Beth Campbell charged him with murder...
This article explores the perceptions of New South Wales (NSW) Children's Court magistrates concerning the issues and challenges facing Indigenous young people coming before the Court in its criminal jurisdiction. Drawing from the NSW component of a national study into Australia's Children's Courts,...
Specifically, this article focuses on the perceptions of magistrates in the New South Wales (NSW) Children's Court ('NSWCC' or the 'Court') in relation to the issues facing Indigenous young people in the Court's criminal jurisdiction generally, and the potential of Indigenous youth courts ...
The Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment program (MERIT) is a voluntary court diversion program that aims to address underlying drug use issues that contribute to criminal offending. Preliminary data obtained from the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) MERIT branch indicates that methyl...