NCJ Number
50316
Editor(s)
D CHAPPELL,
P WILSON
Date Published
1977
Length
546 pages
Annotation
AN ANTHOLOGY PROVIDES ARTICLES ON THE AUSTRALIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CRIME PATTERNS, ABORIGINAL JUSTICE, CHILDREN'S COURT POLICY, SENTENCING, CORRECTIONS, VICTIM COMPENSATION, AND REFORM.
Abstract
THE SELECTIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO NINE SECTIONS DEALING WITH TRENDS IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, MINORITY GROUPS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, POLICE AND POLICE POWERS, SENTENCING, PRISONS, SEMICUSTODIAL AND NONCUSTODIAL SENTENCES, VICTIMS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM. THE SPECIFIC TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE UNIFORM CRIME STATISTICS, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES CONCERNING MIGRATIONS AND CRIME IN AUSTRALIA, TRENDS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE LAW OF ARREST IN AUSTRALIA, PSYCHIATRY AND SENTENCING, PRISONS AND PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA, THE CIVIL CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTION, THE FINE AS A CRIMINAL SANCTION, PROBLEMS OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN PROBATION, COMPENSATING VICTIMS OF CRIME IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, VICTIMS OF RAPE, ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND PROSPECTS AND DILEMMAS OF REFORM. TABULAR DATA AND REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED, AS IS AN INDEX. FOR SELECTED READINGS, SEE ALSO NCJ-43037, 27000, 30457, 30594, 46324, AND 50317-50334. (KBL)