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Commentary on the Report of the Aboriginals and the Law Mission, International Commission of Jurists, Australian Section

Commentary on the Report of the Aboriginals and the Law Mission, International Commission of... (1992) 25 ANZJ Crim COMMENTARY ON THE REPORT OF THE ABORIGINALS AND THE LAW MISSION, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS, AUSTRALIAN SECTION Chris Cunneen" During November 1990 five members of the Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) visited Bourke, Brewarrina and Walgett in north west NSW to report on criminal justice administration with particular reference to Aboriginal people. The report of the Mission noted that the north west region had previously been the subject of a major investigation.' According to the report, issues previously identified in research such as the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system, the number of police stationed in particular towns and the use of certain public order offences were still factors which manifested themselves in the region. The NSW Summary Offences Act (1988) and Public Order Offences A major issue to emerge from the report was the level of prosecutions for street offences under the Summary Offences Act and other legislation. The evidence in the report showed clearly that considerable police resources and court time were involved in the prosecution of relatively minor offences. For example, on 6 November 1990 there were 114 charge matters listed in the Walgett Local http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
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© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1992
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0004-8658
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1837-9273
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10.1177/000486589202500206
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(1992) 25 ANZJ Crim COMMENTARY ON THE REPORT OF THE ABORIGINALS AND THE LAW MISSION, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS, AUSTRALIAN SECTION Chris Cunneen" During November 1990 five members of the Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) visited Bourke, Brewarrina and Walgett in north west NSW to report on criminal justice administration with particular reference to Aboriginal people. The report of the Mission noted that the north west region had previously been the subject of a major investigation.' According to the report, issues previously identified in research such as the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system, the number of police stationed in particular towns and the use of certain public order offences were still factors which manifested themselves in the region. The NSW Summary Offences Act (1988) and Public Order Offences A major issue to emerge from the report was the level of prosecutions for street offences under the Summary Offences Act and other legislation. The evidence in the report showed clearly that considerable police resources and court time were involved in the prosecution of relatively minor offences. For example, on 6 November 1990 there were 114 charge matters listed in the Walgett Local

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Jul 1, 1992

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