Rick Sarre
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rick Sarre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rick |
| FAMILY NAME | Sarre |
| SIGNATURE | SARRE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6268-1313 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Preventing Crime
The First World War and Conscientious Objection in Australia
In this essay I examine the legal right of Australians to be conscientious objectors, that is, to disobey conscription laws if their beliefs (religious or otherwise) preclude them from reporting for military service. Conscientious objection on religious grounds falls into the broad legal realm where religion and law intersect, and usually activates a discussion about one’s freedom (or not) to observe one’s religious beliefs in defiance of the law…
Ten key developments in modern policing
In this paper we endeavour to isolate the top ten innovations and developments that have occurred in policing in the last thirty years. We consider that each of them brought about a new mindset, pattern or trend into contemporary police practice. We have focused our attention on the last thirty years because it is during this time that we have both maintained a keen academic interest in the field. While we have focused our attention on the way in…
Intelligence-sharing in the context of policing transnational serious and organized crime
An increasingly globalised world brings with it unprecedented complexities in international intelligence sharing. The continual integration of international markets and services, amid the ongoing disruption of digital technologies, is driving the need for greater collaboration and cooperation between countries. The flows of people, goods, ideas and information are increasing each year in tandem with the global reach of terrorism. Global reliance …
Responding to cybercrime
The world has well and truly entered the digital age where technology is ever-present and all pervasive. The development of technological innovations facilitate our everyday lives. But they also ma
The Palgrave Handbook of Australian and New Zealand Criminology, Crime and Justice
The Dock on Trial
This article examines the place of the criminal dock in courtroom design. Challenges to the use of the dock have been based upon the inability of the defendants to hear effectively, to communicate with counsel, to maintain their dignity, and to benefit from the presumption of innocence. Increasingly courts are incorporating secure docks, where defendants are partially or completely surrounded by glass (or in some countries, metal bars). To what e…
Reforming security industry training standards
This article critiques recent developments in training in the Australian security industry. Regulation of the industry is state- and territory-based, with eight jurisdictions enacting purpose-built legislation. Training was a key area of reform in the 1990s and early 2000s, but standards remained fragmented until 2008 when the Committee of Australian Governments agreed on a national competency framework to be implemented by 2010. However, despite…
The Australian Cross-border Justice Scheme
Spanning the three jurisdictions of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the central Australian cross-border region is sparsely populated, with an estimated 7000 people living in some 26 communities. In 2009 a new initiative was introduced to the region – the Cross-border Justice Scheme. Its creation was driven primarily by a need to deliver a more people-centred system. The new arrangements were designed to promote high…
Penal diversity within Australia
In this article, we start from internationally developed models explaining growing punitiveness and increasing imprisonment rates, to analyse the penal situation within Australia. While the eight Australian jurisdictions share many of the characteristics that have been identified as being important determinants of the size of the prison population, local features of these societies result in significant differences in punishment. The aim of the a…
How do we reduce the risk of deaths and injuries from incidents involving police cars? Understanding injury prevention in the Swedish context
Motor vehicles are an indispensible and daily tool of police work. The risk that police officers face when driving has attracted much academic attention, although in Sweden research in this field has been limited. In this paper, it is our intention to identify risks involving police cars, to review the causes of police car accidents in Sweden, and to give a better understanding of injury prevention in the Swedish police context. We note that, dur…
Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities
The South Australia Police Future Directions Strategy, published in 2003, committed its members to maximizing participation of diverse community groups in policing programs and strategies. To that end, South Australia Police have introduced a unique police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders that has been implemented in two remote regions of South Australia. This paper begins by surveying the current landscape of relationships be…
Discretionary Decision-Making in a Dynamic Context
Custodial remand processes, whilst governed in Australian jurisdictions by specific legislation, occur in a complex social and justice context. Legislation across the country contains similar or mirroring provisions, but the implementation of this legislation involves an array of decision-makers, and a range of defendants and their supporters. The decision-making occurs in a judicial context that has developed precedent and settled practice over …
The Importance of Political Will in the Imprisonment Debate
Prisons are very expensive institutions. They disproportionately affect Indigenous Australians and other disadvantaged groups. They drive a massive wedge into the social fabric and have limited impact on crime rates and re-offending. Yet, as the rates and numbers show, we are turning to them to an increasing degree to ‘solve’ our law and order problems. Why might this be the case? Can and should we attempt to reverse the trend? Is it appropriate …
Bail in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada
Introduction to special issue - rise in prison populations over the last decade - accused persons being remanded in custody - bail process - legally innocent - three common law countries - international human rights law - corrections policy and practice
The Influence of Gaming Expenditure on Crime Rates in South Australia
The Remand Strategy
The continuing increases in the numbers of people in prison because they have been refused bail, together with the differential rates at which people in the various Australian jurisdictions are remanded in custody, raise urgent questions about the use of custodial remand. Traditionally, such questions have been addressed by a focus on judicial decision-making. This article takes a step back from this rather narrow perspective and focuses, rather,…
The Growth of Privatized Policing
The policing services offered by private security companies have been embraced enthusiastically by public and private entities the world over. It is argued in this paper that the impact of the “privatization” trend is, however, underestimated and understudied. In order to understand the importance of the phenomenon, and to measure its impact, it is important for researchers to undertake international comparisons of both the reach of private secur…
Batons and Blockades
Batons and Blockades: Policing industrial disputes in Australasia, David Baker, Circa, Beaconsfield, 2005." Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 17(2), pp. 325–326
Police and the Public
Corporate governance in the wake of contemporary corporate collapses
The number and scope of corporate collapses in recent times clearly illustrate that corporate accountability practices are failing to match the rhetoric of managers responsible for business probity. The malaise has continued even though regulatory enforcement is empowered by federal and state law and enforced by criminal penalties and civil sanctions. Research is now revealing that regulatory creativity may offer considerable potential for bringi…
The relationship between police and private security
This is a theory and policy paper designed to facilitate debate about the emerging and evolving relationship between the public and private policing sectors. The so‐called pluralization of policing is gathering momentum. New models are required that take into account the blurring of what have been conventionally considered parallel systems, with private security as very much the ‘'lesser'’ or junior entity. The paper introduces a number of Austra…
Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms
(1999). Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms: Rescuing Diversionary Ideas from the Waste-paper Basket. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 259-272
The Regulation of Private Policing
Justice as restoration
Only in the last 15 years has “restorative” justice (or “relational” justice, as it is known in the United Kingdom) been widely discussed amongst justice academics and practitioners. But the concept has been familiar to theorists for a hundred years, and its roots lie in antiquity. As a legacy of the Norman conquest, the criminal justice system under English law has assumed, since the 12th century, that the state will take action against offender…
The Regulation of Private Policing
Penal diversity within Australia
In this article, we start from internationally developed models explaining growing punitiveness and increasing imprisonment rates, to analyse the penal situation within Australia. While the eight Australian jurisdictions share many of the characteristics that have been identified as being important determinants of the size of the prison population, local features of these societies result in significant differences in punishment. The aim of the a…
The Dock on Trial
This article examines the place of the criminal dock in courtroom design. Challenges to the use of the dock have been based upon the inability of the defendants to hear effectively, to communicate with counsel, to maintain their dignity, and to benefit from the presumption of innocence. Increasingly courts are incorporating secure docks, where defendants are partially or completely surrounded by glass (or in some countries, metal bars). To what e…
The Growth of Privatized Policing
The policing services offered by private security companies have been embraced enthusiastically by public and private entities the world over. It is argued in this paper that the impact of the “privatization” trend is, however, underestimated and understudied. In order to understand the importance of the phenomenon, and to measure its impact, it is important for researchers to undertake international comparisons of both the reach of private secur…
The Concept of Native Title to Land
The relationship between police and private security
This is a theory and policy paper designed to facilitate debate about the emerging and evolving relationship between the public and private policing sectors. The so‐called pluralization of policing is gathering momentum. New models are required that take into account the blurring of what have been conventionally considered parallel systems, with private security as very much the ‘'lesser'’ or junior entity. The paper introduces a number of Austra…
Justice as restoration
Only in the last 15 years has “restorative” justice (or “relational” justice, as it is known in the United Kingdom) been widely discussed amongst justice academics and practitioners. But the concept has been familiar to theorists for a hundred years, and its roots lie in antiquity. As a legacy of the Norman conquest, the criminal justice system under English law has assumed, since the 12th century, that the state will take action against offender…
The Partial “Decriminalisation” of Cannabis
The Concept of Native Title to Land
Refugees
Justice as restoration
Only in the last 15 years has “restorative” justice (or “relational” justice, as it is known in the United Kingdom) been widely discussed amongst justice academics and practitioners. But the concept has been familiar to theorists for a hundred years, and its roots lie in antiquity. As a legacy of the Norman conquest, the criminal justice system under English law has assumed, since the 12th century, that the state will take action against offender…
Gun Control in Australia
Is there a role for the application of customary law in addressing aboriginal criminality in Australia
Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms
(1999). Destructuring and Criminal Justice Reforms: Rescuing Diversionary Ideas from the Waste-paper Basket. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 259-272
The Regulation of Private Policing
The relationship between police and private security
This is a theory and policy paper designed to facilitate debate about the emerging and evolving relationship between the public and private policing sectors. The so‐called pluralization of policing is gathering momentum. New models are required that take into account the blurring of what have been conventionally considered parallel systems, with private security as very much the ‘'lesser'’ or junior entity. The paper introduces a number of Austra…
Corporate governance in the wake of contemporary corporate collapses
The number and scope of corporate collapses in recent times clearly illustrate that corporate accountability practices are failing to match the rhetoric of managers responsible for business probity. The malaise has continued even though regulatory enforcement is empowered by federal and state law and enforced by criminal penalties and civil sanctions. Research is now revealing that regulatory creativity may offer considerable potential for bringi…
Batons and Blockades
Batons and Blockades: Policing industrial disputes in Australasia, David Baker, Circa, Beaconsfield, 2005." Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 17(2), pp. 325–326
Police and the Public
The Growth of Privatized Policing
The policing services offered by private security companies have been embraced enthusiastically by public and private entities the world over. It is argued in this paper that the impact of the “privatization” trend is, however, underestimated and understudied. In order to understand the importance of the phenomenon, and to measure its impact, it is important for researchers to undertake international comparisons of both the reach of private secur…
The Influence of Gaming Expenditure on Crime Rates in South Australia
The Remand Strategy
The continuing increases in the numbers of people in prison because they have been refused bail, together with the differential rates at which people in the various Australian jurisdictions are remanded in custody, raise urgent questions about the use of custodial remand. Traditionally, such questions have been addressed by a focus on judicial decision-making. This article takes a step back from this rather narrow perspective and focuses, rather,…
Policing in South Australia’s remote and rural communities
The South Australia Police Future Directions Strategy, published in 2003, committed its members to maximizing participation of diverse community groups in policing programs and strategies. To that end, South Australia Police have introduced a unique police diversionary strategy for young Indigenous offenders that has been implemented in two remote regions of South Australia. This paper begins by surveying the current landscape of relationships be…
Discretionary Decision-Making in a Dynamic Context
Custodial remand processes, whilst governed in Australian jurisdictions by specific legislation, occur in a complex social and justice context. Legislation across the country contains similar or mirroring provisions, but the implementation of this legislation involves an array of decision-makers, and a range of defendants and their supporters. The decision-making occurs in a judicial context that has developed precedent and settled practice over …
The Importance of Political Will in the Imprisonment Debate
Prisons are very expensive institutions. They disproportionately affect Indigenous Australians and other disadvantaged groups. They drive a massive wedge into the social fabric and have limited impact on crime rates and re-offending. Yet, as the rates and numbers show, we are turning to them to an increasing degree to ‘solve’ our law and order problems. Why might this be the case? Can and should we attempt to reverse the trend? Is it appropriate …
Bail in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada
Introduction to special issue - rise in prison populations over the last decade - accused persons being remanded in custody - bail process - legally innocent - three common law countries - international human rights law - corrections policy and practice
How do we reduce the risk of deaths and injuries from incidents involving police cars? Understanding injury prevention in the Swedish context
Motor vehicles are an indispensible and daily tool of police work. The risk that police officers face when driving has attracted much academic attention, although in Sweden research in this field has been limited. In this paper, it is our intention to identify risks involving police cars, to review the causes of police car accidents in Sweden, and to give a better understanding of injury prevention in the Swedish police context. We note that, dur…
Penal diversity within Australia
In this article, we start from internationally developed models explaining growing punitiveness and increasing imprisonment rates, to analyse the penal situation within Australia. While the eight Australian jurisdictions share many of the characteristics that have been identified as being important determinants of the size of the prison population, local features of these societies result in significant differences in punishment. The aim of the a…
The Australian Cross-border Justice Scheme
Spanning the three jurisdictions of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the central Australian cross-border region is sparsely populated, with an estimated 7000 people living in some 26 communities. In 2009 a new initiative was introduced to the region – the Cross-border Justice Scheme. Its creation was driven primarily by a need to deliver a more people-centred system. The new arrangements were designed to promote high…
The Palgrave Handbook of Australian and New Zealand Criminology, Crime and Justice
The Dock on Trial
This article examines the place of the criminal dock in courtroom design. Challenges to the use of the dock have been based upon the inability of the defendants to hear effectively, to communicate with counsel, to maintain their dignity, and to benefit from the presumption of innocence. Increasingly courts are incorporating secure docks, where defendants are partially or completely surrounded by glass (or in some countries, metal bars). To what e…
Reforming security industry training standards
This article critiques recent developments in training in the Australian security industry. Regulation of the industry is state- and territory-based, with eight jurisdictions enacting purpose-built legislation. Training was a key area of reform in the 1990s and early 2000s, but standards remained fragmented until 2008 when the Committee of Australian Governments agreed on a national competency framework to be implemented by 2010. However, despite…
Political science (26 works) · Law (23 works) · Criminology (17 works) · Law (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 works)