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Draft report

Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement 2019-2025: draft agreement for consultation


In partnership with Aboriginal Territorians, the Northern Territory government is developing the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement. The NT government has released this draft to seek input from Territorians before finalising the content of the agreement.
Report

Pathways to the Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement


This document is a companion document to the draft Northern Territory Aboriginal Justice Agreement. It brings together the background information, consultation findings and evidence that informed the development of the agreement. It provides the rationale for the initiatives and strategies contained in the agreement.
Report

Report on the review of forensic mental health and disability services within the Northern Territory


This review examined forensic mental health service delivery, forensic disability services, health services in youth justice detention, community mental health and disability services for people leaving the criminal justice system, and legislation and court processes.
Report

No bail, more jail? Breaking the nexus between community protection and escalating pre-trial detention


This report investigates the reasons behind the increase in the number of people being denied bail and detained in prison in Victoria. Through a comparison of bail laws and their associated parliamentary debates in Victoria in 1977 and 2017–18, it analyses how risk has been constructed, charting the rise of community protection as a key...
Discussion paper

Jurors, social media and the right of an accused to a fair trial


Jurors’ use of social media and other internet activity during criminal trials is the focus of research underway at the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI). There has been limited research in this area in Australia and overseas. The prevalence of juror misconduct of this kind remains largely unknown.