Personalized Risk Assessments in the Criminal Justice System

Personalized Risk Assessments in the Criminal Justice System

A Primer on Fairness in Criminal Justice Risk Assessments

Victorian Criminal Justice System

The criminal trial constitutes a drama performed by its leading actors (legal professionals) plus supporting actors (including spectators). How conscious and strategic are their performances? This article argues that conscious legal performativity is part of a sustained tradition of 'infotainment' with lasting implications for today's real-life courtroom dramas. The adoption of stereotypical co...

Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System

The previous chapter reviewed empirical findings regarding the psycho–social needs of child victims. This evidence–based examination has been integrated with the normative human rights framework presented in Chapter 2. Together they create a multidisciplinary model which can be used to evaluate public responses to crimes against children. The current chapter utilizes the needs–rights model to e...

DNA Identification in the Criminal Justice System

Disclaimer: This research paper does not necessarily reflect the policy position of the Commonwealth Government. Adam Graycar Director DNA profiling and the forensic use of DNA evidence have undergone considerable development since the Australian Institute of Criminology first examined this topic in 1990 in Trends and Issues no. 26. Some of the laboratory techniques described in that report hav...