This report identifies the powers of arrest currently available in Tasmania and the arrest laws that frame such powers. It shows that there has been a proliferation of arrest powers and that this has caused arrest laws in Tasmania to be unnecessarily complex, inconsistent and uncertain. The Report contains a number of recommendations relating to...

Aiming to realise the statement: "All Tasmanians experience and enjoy the many benefits of regular physical activity", this policy has four goals. While each has its own distinct focus, they are all connected. GOAL 1: Become a community that values and supports physical activity GOAL 2: Create built and natural environments that enable and encourage...

Portrayals of a punitive public are misleading, argues this study on sentencing. This seminal study, which was funded by the Criminology Research Council, is the first reported study to use jurors in real trials to gauge public opinion about sentences and sentencing. Using jurors is a way of investigating the views of members of the...

As the first in a series of books by the young people in Ashley Youth Detention Centre, this publication aims to provide insight into the circumstances of their lives inside and their hopes for the future.

People who regularly inject drugs also experience a range of other health problems, which may be secondary to drug use. This bulletin provides an overview of the general health and wellbeing of regular injecting drug users participating in a 2010 study. It also examines the differences between two sub-samples of this group - one experiencing...