Serving those who serve
A critical assessment of the need for a veterans’ court or veterans’ list in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15310219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clare Davidson (0000-0001-9581-3618, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Perth), Arlie Loughnan (0000-0001-9971-5628, Criminal Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, corresponding author), Sarah Murray (0000-0002-8665-0009, University of Western Australia, Perth) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-135 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Issues in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1034-5329 • E-ISSN: 2206-9542 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10345329.2022.2048443 |
| OpenAlex | W4220797053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
This article assesses the need for veterans’ courts or lists in Australia. While evidence suggests that former and returned service personnel are over-represented in criminal justice institutions, insufficient attention has been paid to the desirability and feasibility of a veterans’ court or list in Australia. In accordance with therapeutic jurisprudence principles, a specialist court such as this would divert eligible individuals from standard court processes into a track focused on treatment and rehabilitation. In this article, we assess the available data addressing veterans’ interactions with the criminal justice system and analyse the relevance of the overseas experience for Australia. We identify the considerations relevant to the establishment of a veterans’ court or veterans’ list and argue that a bespoke veterans’ justice pathway should be considered in order to enhance the responsiveness of the criminal justice system to the specific needs of returned service personnel, and to expand the scope of therapeutic approaches to crime in Australian jurisdictions
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| Highly cited | No |
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