Difficulties in the Criminal Justice System (VCE SSCE Legal Studies): Flashcards

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Difficulties in the Criminal Justice system
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Royal Commission

Highest form of inquiry w/ wide investigative powers

Intergenerational trauma

Psychological response to historical events passed to future gens

Customary law

Body of norms/practices a community accepts as legal requirements

First Nations % of Australia's prison population

32% (despite being 3.8% of Australia's population)

Koori Court purpose

Culturally safe space for sentencing Aboriginal offenders

Age of criminal responsibility in Victoria

Under 10 years cannot be charged with a crime

Diversion program

Method to redirect offenders from court, avoid criminal record

CALD meaning

Born overseas in countries other than main English-speaking ones

Psychosocial disability

Severe, long-term mental health condition preventing daily tasks

% of adult prisoners in Australia with a disability

Approximately 50%

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