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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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3 results foundAuthor: Vignaendra, Sumitra Title: Recent Trends in Legal Proceedings for Breach of Bail, Juvenile Remand and Crime Summary: Between 2007 and 2008, the juvenile remand population in New South Wales (NSW) grew by 32 per cent, from an average of 181 per day to 239 per day. This bulletin examines two factors that may have influenced the upward trend: police enforcement of bail laws and changes to the Bail Act 1978 that restricted the number of applications for bail that can be made. It also examines the question of whether the upward trend in the number of juveniles on remand is helping to reduce property crime. The findings show that both factors are contributing to the growth in the number of juveniles remanded in custody. There is no evidence, however, that the growth in the size of the juvenile remand population is helping to reduce property crime. Details: Sydney: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2009. 8p. Source: Internet Resource: Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 128: Accessed November 2, 2011 at: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/cjb128.pdf/$file/cjb128.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/cjb128.pdf/$file/cjb128.pdf Shelf Number: 123216 Keywords: Bail, JuvenilesJuvenile Offenders (Australia)Property CrimesRemand |
Author: Blakemore, Clare Title: Locked into Remand: Children and Young People on Remand in New South Wales Summary: This paper considers the increasing number of children and young people in New South Wales who are being held on remand. A child or young person is considered to be on remand when they are in detention but have not yet been sentenced. A number of factors are contributing to the rise in children and young people held in detention on remand. These include current difficulties in finding suitable accommodation for children and young people awaiting trial, changes to the Bail Act 1978 and restrictive bail conditions that are closely monitored by police. This situation affects disadvantaged children and young people throughout New South Wales. Children and young people in out-of-home care, Indigenous children and young people, and children and young people from regional areas are all over-represented in the Juvenile Justice system and are most likely to be affected by an inability to access appropriate accommodation and by restrictive bail conditions (Nyman 1997). In 2005 “30 percent of juvenile offenders have been or are presently in the care of the Minister for Community Services” and in 2007 37.8% of all children and young people on remand were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Select Committee on Juvenile Offenders 2005, p.107; NSW Auditor-General 2007). This paper will examine the different factors that have contributed to an increase of children and young people on remand, especially the lack of suitable accommodation and support for children and young people who are trying to meet bail conditions. It will argue that there are serious consequences of holding young people on remand, including increasing the rate of recidivism. Possible solutions to address the increase in the number of children and young people on remand in New South Wales are discussed in the final section of this paper. Details: Parramatta, NSW: UnitingCare Burnside, 2009. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Background Paper: Accessed January 27, 2012 at: http://www.childrenyoungpeopleandfamilies.org.au/info/social_justice/submissions/social_policy_papers_and_briefs//?a=61347 Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.childrenyoungpeopleandfamilies.org.au/info/social_justice/submissions/social_policy_papers_and_briefs//?a=61347 Shelf Number: 123789 Keywords: Bail, JuvenilesJuvenile Detention (Australia)Juvenile Offenders |
Author: UnitingCare Burnside Title: Releasing the Pressure on Remand: Bail Support Solutions for Children and Young People in New South Wales Summary: An increasing number of children and young people in New South Wales are being held on remand in the state's Juvenile Justice Centres. This is due to current policies that make it unnecessarily difficult for children and young people to access bail and result in children and young people remaining in detention on remand when they should be on bail. This position paper was developed in response to the Roundtable on Keeping Children and Young People out of Remand that was convened by the Council of Social Service of NSW on 26 March 2009. The paper highlights the key issues and solutions that were discussed at the Roundtable meeting. Details: Parramatta, NSW: UnitingCare Burnside, 2009. 17p. Source: Internet Resoruce: Accessed January 27, 2012 at: http://www.ncoss.org.au/resources/091028-Releasing-the-pressure.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Australia URL: http://www.ncoss.org.au/resources/091028-Releasing-the-pressure.pdf Shelf Number: 123790 Keywords: Bail, JuvenilesJuvenile DetentionJuvenile Offenders (Australia) |