The shifting moral compass
Post-sentence detention of sex offenders in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12517907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Douglas (0000-0002-0420-3820, Douglas College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-115 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1323-238X • E-ISSN: 2573-573X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1323238x.2011.11910896 |
| OpenAlex | W126836553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In April 2010, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) handed down its decision in relation to complaints lodged by Robert Fardon and Kenneth Tillman. Fardon and Tillman complained that their continuing detention in a prison cell pursuant to legislation allowing preventive detention for serious sexual offenders in Queensland and New South Wales was punitive, and thus offended the principle of double jeopardy. In making its decision in favour of the complainants, the UNHRC discussed the nature of punitive detention and focused its attention on access to treatment and the type of accommodation provided to Fardon and Tillman. This article provides an overview of the decision of the UNHRC and then analyses recent Australian preventive detention cases to explore these two issues
Cartography · Compass · Criminology · Geography · Political science · Sentence · Computer Science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |