History of the Criminal Justice System in Victoria

History of the Criminal Justice System in Victoria
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Publisher : Hybrid Publishers
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9781922768056
ISBN-13 : 1922768057
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis History of the Criminal Justice System in Victoria by : Colin Rimington

This is an authoritative, comprehensive account of Victoria’s justice system, starting with a tour of the historic justice precinct which is located on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street, Melbourne. The author takes us back to the earliest days of Victoria’s settlement and introduces the politicians, police, magistrates, and even the criminals who played their parts in Melbourne and Victoria’s development. We are shown how the prison hulks developed into stockades on land, and uncover the philosophy behind the construction of the prisons – many no longer occupied – and the building of courts which were built for conducting trials, both civil and criminal. The book is, in many ways, an insight into an aspect of Victoria’s social history about which little has been written elsewhere. It is a valuable addition to the justice bibliography and even exposes a mystery or two. It took seven years to research and fact check, and includes many photos. All of the author’s proceeds of this book after costs will be donated to Victoria Police Legacy, which looks after families of deceased police officers who have died in the course of their duties.

The Juvenile Court and the Progressives

The Juvenile Court and the Progressives
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 0252025725
ISBN-13 : 9780252025723
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Juvenile Court and the Progressives by : Victoria Getis

Today's troubled juvenile court system has its roots in Progressive-era Chicago, a city one observer described as "first in violence" and "deepest in dirt." Examining the vision and methods of the original proponents of the Cook County Juvenile Court, Victoria Getis uncovers the court's intrinsic flaws as well as the sources of its debilitation in our own time. Spearheaded by a group of Chicago women, including Jane Addams, Lucy Flower, and Julia Lathrop, the juvenile court bill was pushed through the legislature by an eclectic coalition of progressive reformers, both women and men. Like many progressive institutions, the court reflected an unswerving faith in the wisdom of the state and in the ability of science to resolve the problems brought on by industrial capitalism. A hybrid institution combining legal and social welfare functions, the court was not intended to punish youthful lawbreakers but rather to provide guardianship for the vulnerable. In this role, the state was permitted great latitude to intervene in families where it detected a lack of adequate care for children. The court also became a living laboratory, as children in the court became the subjects of research by criminologists, statisticians, educators, state officials, economists, and, above all, practitioners of the new disciplines of sociology and psychology. The Chicago reformers had worked for large-scale social change, but the means they adopted eventually gave rise to the social sciences, where objectivity was prized above concrete solutions to social problems, and to professional groups that abandoned goals of structural reform. The Juvenile Court and the Progressives argues persuasively that the current impotence of the juvenile court system stems from contradictions that lie at the very heart of progressivism.

Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice
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Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000087891333
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Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Juvenile Justice by : Chris Cunneen

This book provides an introduction to the main concepts and issues in juvenile justice in Australia, and provides a consolidated overview of the dynamics of youth crime and the institutions of social control. This book will be of particular interest to criminology and law students.

"Prisons Make Us Safer"

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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780807029527
ISBN-13 : 0807029521
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis "Prisons Make Us Safer" by : Victoria Law

An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to steadily rise. Over the past 40 years, the number of people behind bars in the United States has increased by 500%. Journalist Victoria Law explains how racism and social control were the catalysts for mass incarceration and have continued to be its driving force: from the post-Civil War laws that states passed to imprison former slaves, to the laws passed under the “War Against Drugs” campaign that disproportionately imprison Black people. She breaks down these complicated issues into four main parts: 1. The rise and cause of mass incarceration 2. Myths about prison 3. Misconceptions about incarcerated people 4. How to end mass incarceration Through carefully conducted research and interviews with incarcerated people, Law identifies the 21 key myths that propel and maintain mass incarceration, including: • The system is broken and we simply need some reforms to fix it • Incarceration is necessary to keep our society safe • Prison is an effective way to get people into drug treatment • Private prison corporations drive mass incarceration “Prisons Make Us Safer” is a necessary guide for all who are interested in learning about the cause and rise of mass incarceration and how we can dismantle it.

Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England

Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9781782253693
ISBN-13 : 1782253696
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England by : Ian Ward

The Victorians worried about many things, prominent among their worries being the 'condition' of England and the 'question' of its women. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England revisits these particular anxieties, concentrating more closely upon four 'crimes' which generated especial concern amongst contemporaries: adultery, bigamy, infanticide and prostitution. Each engaged questions of sexuality and its regulation, legal, moral and cultural, for which reason each attracted the considerable interest not just of lawyers and parliamentarians, but also novelists and poets and perhaps most importantly those who, in ever-larger numbers, liked to pass their leisure hours reading about sex and crime. Alongside statutes such as the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act and the 1864 Contagious Diseases Act, Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England contemplates those texts which shaped Victorian attitudes towards England's 'condition' and the 'question' of its women: the novels of Dickens, Thackeray and Eliot, the works of sensationalists such as Ellen Wood and Mary Braddon, and the poetry of Gabriel and Christina Rossetti. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England is a richly contextual commentary on a critical period in the evolution of modern legal and cultural attitudes to the relation of crime, sexuality and the family.

Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940

Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9781134009312
ISBN-13 : 1134009313
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Crime and Empire 1840 - 1940 by : Barry Godfrey

This book is a major contribution to the comparative histories of crime and criminal justice, focusing on the legal regimes of the British empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its overarching theme is the transformation and convergence of criminal justice systems during a period that saw a broad shift from legal pluralism to the hegemony of state law in the European world and beyond.

Road Safety Law Victoria

Road Safety Law Victoria
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ISBN-10 : 0455236534
ISBN-13 : 9780455236537
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Road Safety Law Victoria by : Greg Connellan

The History of Australian Corrections

The History of Australian Corrections
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Publisher : UNSW Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0868409154
ISBN-13 : 9780868409153
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Australian Corrections by : Sean O'Toole

Beginning with the punishment systems of the ancient world, Sean O'Toole investigates the birth of the modern prison, the transportation process, the convict era and finally the creation of Australia’s various State and Territory prisons and community corrections systems.

Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen

Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9798216098942
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Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen by : David Taylor

This detailed study of the criminal justice system in Victorian Britain highlights the dilemmas facing those responsible for administering justice and protecting society from "the criminal." Encompassing the crimes of the never-identified Jack the Ripper, as well as many other equally intriguing criminals, Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen: Crime and Punishment in Victorian Britain is a detailed study of the criminal justice system as it evolved from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the outbreak of the "Great War" in 1914. The first section of the book considers crimes and criminals, while the second looks at the ways in which the Victorians sought to explain this deviant behavior. The third section focuses on the creation of criminals through the work of the constabulary and the courts. The final section considers the changing ways in which criminals were punished as the scaffold gave way to the prison as the dominant means of punishment. A brief introduction and conclusion set Victorian crime into its broader sociopolitical context and relates the issues society grappled with then to those of the present day.