Papers to note: Diversionary and Other Intervention Programmes, by Chief Magistrate Henson

31/03/2008

On 14 February�2008 Chief Magistrate Graeme Henson presented at the Bar Association's�Sydney Mini-Conference�a paper entitled Diversionary and Other Intervention Programmes within the Local Court of New South Wales_. _

In the introduction, the chief magistrate observes that: "For many years Governments through a combination of policy decisions have used the flexibility that resides within the Local Court or legislated interventions to address many of the issues related to criminal offending behaviour that the hard taskmaster of sentencing for serious indictable offences makes difficult if not impossible in higher jurisdictions. Those opportunities can be grouped together under the umbrella description of Diversion or Intervention Programmes."

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1 April 2008