Family conferencing as a juvenile justice strategy∗

Sarre, Rick

doi:10.1080/1478601x.1999.9959507

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“…There are usually victims involved or the offender has committed the offence before. A family conference is a mediated forum (for example, as described by Daly, 2000;Sarre, 1999) that identifies and attempts to resolve the more complex problems that may have precipitated the offending behavior.…”

Section: A New Initiative: Specific Juvenile Justice Diversion In Soumentioning

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Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities: preliminary observations from a novel police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders

Blandford

Sarre

2009

Police Practice and Research

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The South Australia Police Future Directions Strategy, published in 2003, committed its members to maximizing participation of diverse community groups in policing programs and strategies. To that end, South Australia Police have introduced a unique police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders that has been implemented in two remote regions of South Australia. This paper begins by surveying the current landscape of relationships between policing and Indigenous Australians. It then introduces the novel diversionary strategy and makes a preliminary assessment of the ability of rural and remote police to enter into professional partnerships with existing community and legal networks.

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Section: A New Initiative: Specific Juvenile Justice Diversion In Soumentioning

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Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities: preliminary observations from a novel police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders

Blandford

Sarre

2009

Police Practice and Research

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“…However, a decision not to prosecute a young person equally qualifies as a form of 'diversion' (Alder & Polk, 1985). Various diversionary schemes exist around the world (Hoyle et al, 2002;Macallair & Males, 2004;Sarre, 1999). Diversion has a number of aims, chief among them the avoidance of what appears to be the criminogenic effects of court appearances, criminal records and incarceration (Farrington, 1977;Gold & Williams, 1970).…”

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Net-Widening and the Diversion of Young People From Court: A Longitudinal Analysis With Implications for Restorative Justice

Prichard

2010

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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Internationally, many youth justice systems aim to divert young people from court through informal mechanisms, such as police cautions and restorative conferences. Among other things, diversion avoids the potentially criminogenic effects of formal contact with the criminal justice system. However, in some instances, the sum of court appearances and diversionary procedures indicates an overall increase in the numbers of young people having contact (formal or informal) with the criminal justice system — a phenomenon known as net-widening. This article summarises previous debates about the risks of net-widening. It then presents results from analysis of over 50,000 police records pertaining to young people's contact with the Tasmanian criminal justice system between 1991 and 2002. Across that decade, court appearances markedly reduced, while a corresponding increase in diversions was recorded. There was no evidence of net-widening. However, there was a significant increase in detention orders. Implications for policy and future research are considered.

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Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms: Rescuing Diversionary Ideas from the Waste-paper Basket

Sarre

1999

Current Issues in Criminal Justice

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Family conferencing as a juvenile justice strategy∗

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities: preliminary observations from a novel police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders

Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities: preliminary observations from a novel police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders

Net-Widening and the Diversion of Young People From Court: A Longitudinal Analysis With Implications for Restorative Justice

Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms: Rescuing Diversionary Ideas from the Waste-paper Basket

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