Abstract
Changes in criminal justice in New South Wales over the past 10 years have been frequent and diverse. Most have been consistent with themes identified in an article which tracked changes from 1975 to 2009-10, that is, triggered by populist political responses and informed by punitive responses to crimes, although there have been some changes which do not fit this characterisation, particularly in relation to domestic violence and offences against children. The precipitous rise in incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly women, continues to demonstrate the reliance on incarceration as a response to crime.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 264-276 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Current Issues in Criminal Justice |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Sydney Institute of Criminology.
Keywords
- New South Wales
- bail
- criminal justice
- imprisonment
- police
- populism
- prisons
- sentences (criminal procedure)
