Mental Health in Australia's Criminal Justice System

The 1997 Mental Impairment and Unfitness Act has been effective in helping courts to determine persons to place on supervision. However, the determination of whether the policy’s goals are being accomplished in relatively difficult because a huge number of mentally ill offenders are being downgraded to extended status during custodial supervision orders. Moreover, offenders who have been released into the community’s care have been granted such measures through revocation of supervision orders

state agencies, both within the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and more broadly the institutions of education, employment and health, play in supporting and implementing diversionary programs for offenders with mental health problems. Mental health is clearly one of the most critical issues facing the Australian and New South Wales (NSW) CJS with research indicating that offenders with mental health problems constitute the majority of those within the prison system. The current strategies for diversion

to try decrease the high numbers. The high incarceration rate of Indigenous people in Australia is considered to be a global issue that must be addressed. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison rates The increased severity in the criminal justice system towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is claimed to be the cause for the increasing incarceration rates. Research shows that the majority of Australian prisons have a high Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, “since

Collins’s simple tool for policy making The theoretical framework that is used in this paper is Collins’s framework, which he describes as a simple tool for policy making (Collins 2005). Collins’s framework is a framework specifically designed for health policies and is an adapted version of Bardach’s policy framework. Bardach proposes eight steps to create a policy; he calls this the ‘eight-fold-path’. Similar to Bardach’s framework, Collins also bases his framework on eight steps. The main difference

inflicted systematic physical and mental abuse but they fenced Indigenous Australians out of their land, which had and has an impact that is difficult for non-indigenous Australians to comprehend. In evaluating both Australian and International legal systems and how effective they have been in addressing justice for our indigenous people, the starting document is the Australian Constitution. Our Constitution conspicuously fails to recognize the rights of Australia’s indigenous peoples. No indigenous

Gun Control My dad, my brother, and myself all love guns. We own multiple guns and have a safe full of guns in the basement. My dad has taken my brother and I hunting as far back as I can remember. My dad is a member of the NRA and has been for many years now. Surprisingly, he supports reasonable gun control measures in order to lower the likelihood of mass shootings occurring, and widespread gun violence, whether on college campuses or elsewhere. My family and I are not the only ones who support

The way in which juvenile delinquents are dealt with by the courts varies depending on the country. For example, the age of criminal responsibility is different depending on the country. Most people think when you reach the age of 18 you are no longer a minor and can be charged as an adult; however, in Japan you can be charged as a minor until the age of 20. In Germany, they consider a person who is 21 or above a legal adult. On the other hand, at the age of 17 in Australia you are charged as an

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* The role of discretion in the criminal justice system * Issues of compliance and non compliance in regard to criminal law * The extent to which the law reflects moral and ethical standards * The role of law reform in the criminal justice system * The extent to which the law balances the rights of victims, offenders and society * The effectiveness of legal and non-legal measures in achieving justice Chapter 1: The Nature of Crime Role of Criminal Law: To protect society from those

Yr 12 legal The Judiciary System in Australia Strengths and Weaknesses It is widely recognised that Australia’s System of decision making in the court is in need of significant reform, if the nation’s present and future need for fair justice is to be met. Contents Introduction 2 The Current Jury System (explanation) 2 Strengths of the Current Jury System (Analyse and critique) 3 Weaknesses of the Current Jury System (Analyse and critique) 3 What Legal alternatives are there