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Australian studies in law, crime and justice

Family group conferences and the rights of the offender

Kate Warner

Published in:
Family conferencing and juvenile justice : the way forward or misplaced optimism?
Christine Alder and Joy Wundersitz (eds)
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1994
ISBN 0 642 19881 0
(Australian studies in law, crime and justice series)

Abstract

Despite the enthusiasm with which family group conferences have been received, there have been some reservations and notes of caution. Concerns include breaches of due process, pressures to plead guilty, power imbalances, harsh disproportionate or inconsistent penalties, net widening, double jeopardy and sex discrimination. Warner discusses these concerns in the context of the legal principles that may by infringed.