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Rick Sarre
Criminal Justice
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Conclusion: Rethinking Bail
The conclusion summarizes the evidence supplied from this case study in Australia and reviews the concepts of risk and vulnerability in relation to bail. Although those with progressive views support a return ...
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Risk Profiles
In the current political climate, it seems unlikely that governments will enact legislation that makes it easier for defendants to obtain bail. There are, however, other policy options that might change busine...
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The Prospects for Court Reform
This chapter will consider the differences between jurisdictions and how they are changing. There has been major legislative change in New South Wales, and recently major change in Victoria, designed to make i...
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Bail Reform in Context
Many progressive reforms and initiatives are happening in criminal courts at a time when the imprisonment rate is rising. This chapter locates these developments as part of debates that started in the eighteen...
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Professional Perspectives
Quantitative findings from 150 bail applications indicate a high level of discretion. Approximately half of the applications observed were granted, and half refused, and there were indications that defence law...
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Defendants with Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability is a widely used but contentious concept used by welfare practitioners to understand disadvantaged groups. The chapter examines responses in criminal courts to “vulnerable” defendants at the pret...
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Pretrial Services
The most promising initiative that has reduced the numbers remanded in custody is to offer pretrial services to defendants with vulnerabilities. These include giving defendants access to drug programs, and ass...
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Introduction
Bail can be a dry and technical subject, only of interest to academic lawyers and legal practitioners. It has been neglected in criminological studies and commentary about the criminal justice process. Researc...
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Researching Bail Practices
This chapter reviews the quantitative and qualitative methods employed in this study. In employing quantitative methods, the study was limited in contrast to many US studies. It was not able to track bail outc...
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Bail Decision-Making
Through observing and making detailed notes of hearings, it is possible to obtain greater purchase on how magistrates made bail decisions. The chapter describes in detail the work in responding to section 12 a...
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Privatisation of Police: Themes from Australia
This chapter examines the role of private security personnel in the contemporary provision of security and protection services in Australia. Drawing on previous extensive work by the authors, the analysis expl...
