This book outlines key aspects of the use of non-adversarial practices in the Australian
justice system with reference to similar developments in the United States, Canada, New …

I wrote forewords to earlier editions of this book when I was busily at work, in the judiciary,
deciding several of the cases that are recorded in these pages. Now, retired from judicial …

A wide variety of problem-solving courts have been developed in the United States over the
past two decades and are now being adopted in countries around the world. These …

This article reviews the experience of Australian problem-solving courts since their
introduction 20 years ago. The paper begins with a description of these courts, describing …

Problem-oriented courts such as drug courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts
and others represent a move away from a focus on individuals and their criminal conduct to …

Recent years have seen a proliferation of problem solving courts designed to rehabilitate
certain classes of offenders and thereby resolve the underlying problems that led to their …

How do judges sentence? This question is frequently asked but infrequently explored. What
factors are taken into account? How do judges see their role? How do they apply the aims …

This book considers how largely accepted 'legal truths' about drugs and addiction are made
and sustained through practices of lawyering. Lawyers play a vital and largely …

The present report is one of a series of studies conducted by the NSW Bureau of Crime
Statistics and Research evaluating the NSW Drug Court trial. Other reports in this series …

“Judicial officers can help to make a difference for people appearing before them not only by
according procedural fairness but also, despite the constraints of a busy list, by expressing …