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Beware Of The Dog: Assaults In Prison And Cultures Of Secrecy, Mark Findlay
Beware Of The Dog: Assaults In Prison And Cultures Of Secrecy, Mark Findlay
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In recent months I have been involved in a series of personal injury claims made by prisoners, against the State of NSW, arising out of incidents of inmate violence. The standard scenario occurs on a Sunday where the victim is stabbed with a shiv in a prison yard, barber-shop or gymnasium, out of sight from prison officers. Most victims have suffered a history of violence and intimidation in gaol, and the injuries forming the basis of the claims, are generally shocking. There are many reasons for inmate violence. A disturbing feature of such violence in NSW prisons today is its …
Internationalised Criminal Trial And Access To Justice, Mark Findlay
Internationalised Criminal Trial And Access To Justice, Mark Findlay
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The influence of a human rights paradigm over the recent development of local and regional criminal justice concerns throughout Europe is indisputable. Essential to this is the commitment that crucial lay parties within the justice process (such as the accused and the victims) should have adequate access to common procedural protections of criminal justice. This paper takes this trend and measures its influence on the development of international criminal justice, the trial in particular. At the very least we argue that parallel concerns about fair trial in the international procedural context will endorse the importance of a fair trial paradigm …
The International And Comparative Criminal Trial Project, Mark Findlay
The International And Comparative Criminal Trial Project, Mark Findlay
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The International Criminal Trial Project (ICTP) has been in operation within the Centre for Legal Research (CLR), Nottingham Law school since January 2000. To date the project has succeeded in establishing a global network of scholars researching international and comparative criminal justice. The ICTP examines and compares trial processes and practice in a variety of local, regional and global contexts. The research incorporates particular evaluations of issues and relationships essential to the operation of trial process in different jurisdictions and stages of development. From the focus on the trial the project is producing knowledge about international and comparative criminal justice. …