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atar27:
THANK YOU :)
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: atar27 on February 28, 2016, 08:16:35 pm ---THANK YOU :)
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Everything Jamon said is spot on, but also consider the age of criminal responsibility in Australia but also on an International level. Australia's doli incapax is conclusive presumption until age 10. The UN suggests that the minimum age of conclusive doli incapax should be age 12! So you could say, according to international standards and suggestions, Australia is being ineffective. You can also compare Australia to other countries. In Italy, Spain and Russia, doli incapax covers up until 14. In Zimbabwe, Singapore and Tonga, it is only 7. So when you make comparisons, you can decide how effective Australia is. The UN's suggestion of 12 is a very good place to start when you are assessing the effectiveness. There are heaps of online articles about doli incapax and the age of criminal responsibility - so this is a great place for you to pick up some media articles to slip into your work!
Here are some statistics that I presented in the legal studies lecture earlier in the year that might help inform your understanding a bit more:
Statistics provided by Juvenile Justice NSW Annual Report Summary: 2013-2014.
315 is the average number of juveniles in custody on any given day.
24 is the average number of juvenile females in custody on any given day and 291 males.
4641 community based orders commenced 2013-2014.
16,799 hours of community service allocated to young people in total.
1582 referrals to a youth justice conference.
In 2013, 8 juveniles in custody completed their HSC
bridgetb1008:
Hey guys!
I was just wondering if you had any tips for becoming more effective at finding cases online?? For example I was looking the other day for an example of a case that involved mitigating factors and it took me forever to find one (and I feel like it shouldn't be such a hard thing!). Any advice about that would be amazing!!!! :)
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: bridgetb1008 on March 03, 2016, 10:37:03 pm ---Hey guys!
I was just wondering if you had any tips for becoming more effective at finding cases online?? For example I was looking the other day for an example of a case that involved mitigating factors and it took me forever to find one (and I feel like it shouldn't be such a hard thing!). Any advice about that would be amazing!!!! :)
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Hey there!
You aren't the only one curious about this question, I'm positive that there are LOTS of students wanting to know the same thing.
First of all, it pays to know high profile cases and what is happening in the media. If you use Facebook, you need to like a bunch of news pages to help you out. Try: Pedestrian.tv, Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian. This is important because even without reading the articles, the headlines give you a really good update on what's happening for very little work. However, obviously maximum effectiveness comes from reading the article. Either, you share the articles to your page on the privacy settings "only me" or you create a group with your legal class and post media articles in there and create a collection.
The reason is, the media will tell you the biggest most important cases. Then, if you want to dig deeper, you just start googling around once you have the name of the case.
I know this works, for the reason that if you asked me for a case with mitigating factors, I can easily think of the Kristi Abrahams case. I can think of it because it was so heavily in the news, so I made a mental note of it for all kinds of legal reasons.
Another great place to start when looking for cases is the Guides section on the state library website. A quick google search takes me right here: http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=242811&sid=4001783 (Kristi Abraham's case summary, media and court documents). The state library website is really excellent for finding cases because you can categorise them by legal themes.
To sum that up: Follow the news, keep a stash of articles, use guides.sl. Hopefully this helps you out! :)
chuckiecheese:
How do I go about responding to the human rights short answer question? For example, "how are is ONE human right best protected in Australia..."
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