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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (September 1988) 21 (129-143) "CIVILISING" CRIME: PARALLEL PROCEEDINGS AND THE CIVIL REMEDIES FUNCTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS Arie Freiberg Introduction Organised crime has emerged over the last two decades as a spectre over Australian society.' Valid or not, the fear of organised crime, fuelled by a series- of official reports.? has created an atmosphere conducive to an expansion of the powers of State and Federal authorities to punish and regulate increasingly complex and sophisticated illegal activities. One aspect of this expansion of powers is the "civilisation" of crime, that is, the growing movement to annex or incorporate the civil law in the service of the fight against crime, in particular, organised crime. This movement represents one of the most significant developments in law enforcement in recent years and one in which Australia is taking a leading role.' In September 1987, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions" tabled in Federal Parliament his Civil Remedies Report 1985-87 in which he claimed considerable success, in financial and other terms, for the civil remedies function." However, the Report did not discuss in detail the problems that have emerged from the growth in the use
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Sep 1, 1988
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