Author: Colin Russell Bevan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Minimum Standard Guidelines for Australian Prisons was based on the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and related recommendations and the Council of Europe Standard Minimum Rules, and modified to accommodate trends in correctional thinking in Australia in the 1970s. Their purpose was to set standards for the conduct of prisons in Australia.
Minimum Standard Guidelines for Australian Prisons
Towards Human Rights Compliance in Australian Prisons
Author: Anita Mackay
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464015
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but steady growth in the protection of imprisoned people’s rights over recent decades in Australia has mostly come from incremental change to prison legislation and common law principles. A radical influence is about to disrupt this slow change. Australian prisons and other closed environments will soon be subject to international inspections by the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). This is because the Australian Government ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in December 2017. Australia’s international human rights law obligations as they apply to prisons are complex and stem from multiple Treaties. This book distils these obligations into five prerequisites for compliance, consistent with the preventive focus of the OPCAT. They are: reduce reliance on imprisonment align domestic legislation with Australia’s international human rights law obligations shift the focus of imprisonment to the goal of rehabilitation and restoration support prison staff to treat imprisoned people in a human rights–consistent manner ensure decent physical conditions in all prisons. Attention to each of these five areas will help all levels of Australian government and prison managers take the steps required to move towards compliance. Human-rights led prison reform is necessary both to improve the lives of imprisoned people and for Australia to achieve compliance with the international human rights legal obligations to which it has voluntarily committed itself.
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464015
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but steady growth in the protection of imprisoned people’s rights over recent decades in Australia has mostly come from incremental change to prison legislation and common law principles. A radical influence is about to disrupt this slow change. Australian prisons and other closed environments will soon be subject to international inspections by the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). This is because the Australian Government ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in December 2017. Australia’s international human rights law obligations as they apply to prisons are complex and stem from multiple Treaties. This book distils these obligations into five prerequisites for compliance, consistent with the preventive focus of the OPCAT. They are: reduce reliance on imprisonment align domestic legislation with Australia’s international human rights law obligations shift the focus of imprisonment to the goal of rehabilitation and restoration support prison staff to treat imprisoned people in a human rights–consistent manner ensure decent physical conditions in all prisons. Attention to each of these five areas will help all levels of Australian government and prison managers take the steps required to move towards compliance. Human-rights led prison reform is necessary both to improve the lives of imprisoned people and for Australia to achieve compliance with the international human rights legal obligations to which it has voluntarily committed itself.
Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities
Author: Mary Bosworth
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 076192731X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1401
Book Description
Are included. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 076192731X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1401
Book Description
Are included. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Current Australian Trends in Corrections
Author: David Biles
Publisher: Gaunt
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Articles by Carmel Barry, Frank Morgan, Doug Owston, Don Porritt, Des Semple, Marshall Smith, Sue Vardon, Paul Wilson annotated separately.
Publisher: Gaunt
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Articles by Carmel Barry, Frank Morgan, Doug Owston, Don Porritt, Des Semple, Marshall Smith, Sue Vardon, Paul Wilson annotated separately.
Public Sector Criminological Research
Author: Russell G. Smith
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031283562
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This book explores the role and development of criminological research in the public sector during the last half-century. It identifies the benefits such research has provided and assesses whether the community has received value for the funds expended. The Australian Institute of Criminology is used as a case study to illustrate the challenges and pressures facing those who have sought to carry out independent crime and justice research in the public sector, to assess what fifty years of work has achieved and to determine whether or not there remains a need for criminologists to be employed by governments. The book is based on extensive archival research, administrative data analysis, interviews with current and previous staff and the perspectives of scholars in comparable institutions globally. It presents new historical information as well as current and future critical perspectives on crime and justice research in a unique Australian government organization.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031283562
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This book explores the role and development of criminological research in the public sector during the last half-century. It identifies the benefits such research has provided and assesses whether the community has received value for the funds expended. The Australian Institute of Criminology is used as a case study to illustrate the challenges and pressures facing those who have sought to carry out independent crime and justice research in the public sector, to assess what fifty years of work has achieved and to determine whether or not there remains a need for criminologists to be employed by governments. The book is based on extensive archival research, administrative data analysis, interviews with current and previous staff and the perspectives of scholars in comparable institutions globally. It presents new historical information as well as current and future critical perspectives on crime and justice research in a unique Australian government organization.
Discussion Paper
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reform
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reform
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Criminology & Penology Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
"An international abstracting service covering etiology of crime and juvenile delinquency, the control and treatment of offenders, criminal procedures and the administration of justice." Abstracts of journal articles and monographs. Covermaterial from psychiatric literature as well as from criminological sources.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
"An international abstracting service covering etiology of crime and juvenile delinquency, the control and treatment of offenders, criminal procedures and the administration of justice." Abstracts of journal articles and monographs. Covermaterial from psychiatric literature as well as from criminological sources.
University of Western Australia Law Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons
Author: Jane Garner
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1800438621
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons aims to strengthen and expand the small body of knowledge currently published regarding libraries in prisons, with each chapter addressing different aspects of the roles and practices of library services to prisons and prisoners.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1800438621
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Exploring the Roles and Practices of Libraries in Prisons aims to strengthen and expand the small body of knowledge currently published regarding libraries in prisons, with each chapter addressing different aspects of the roles and practices of library services to prisons and prisoners.
APAIS, Australian Public Affairs Information Service
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Vol. for 1963 includes section Current Australian serials; a subject list.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Vol. for 1963 includes section Current Australian serials; a subject list.