Anna Louise Stewart,Frances Smith.Youth justice conferencing and police referrals: The gatekeeping role of police in Queensland, Australia[J]. Journal of Criminal Justice .2004(4)Stewart, A. L., & Smith, F. (200
DJAG's online form now extends to youth justice matters Following the July 2020 release of the Online Application for a Court Event form, the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (DJAG) has amended the online form to extend to Childrens Court youth ...
Much disparity exists between the workforce demands in urban centres and those of the regional or rural hubs. North Queensland’s unemployment rate of 2.2%, as of March 2023, was relatively strong when compared to that of the nation, which sat at 3.5% (Australian Bureau of StatisticsCitation20...
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Early in 2014, Queensland significantly transformed its Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld). The amendments included removing the principle that detention should be a last resort, providing for the automatic transfer of 17-year-olds in detention to adult correctional facilities and a mandatory boot camp ...
In this article, it is argued that the law on fitness to plead in Queensland is in need of reform to combat such practice. The article analyses the law in other Australian States and Territories and the recommendations from the Review of the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) in search of a ...
We interviewed 46 youth justice practitioners in Queensland, Australia, to gather their perspectives on the use of problem-solving approaches in children's criminal courts. Somewhat surprisingly, most participants did not consider problem-solving courts to be appropriate for children...
Boot camps replaced court ordered youth justice conferencing. In 2014 there were more drastic changes, including opening the Children 's Court proceedings to the public, permitting publication of identifying information of repeat offenders, removing the principle of 'detention as a last resort', ...
The model simulates the impact of interventions up until 2011 on the number of finalised youth justice court appearances. Our results indicate that youth justice conferencing is unlikely to reduce the over-representation of indigenous young people in the juvenile justice system. The simulations ...
The evolution of youth justice conferencing in Queensland, 1990–2021Stephanie PriceTim PrenzlerNadine McKillopSusan Rayment-McHugh