The Australian Cross-border Justice Scheme: an evaluation of a unique policing experiment |
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Authors: | Rick Sarre Judy Putt |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Law, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australiarick.sarre@unisa.edu.au;3. Faculty of Arts, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia |
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Abstract: | AbstractSpanning the three jurisdictions of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the central Australian cross-border region is sparsely populated, with an estimated 7000 people living in some 26 communities. In 2009 a new initiative was introduced to the region – the Cross-border Justice Scheme. Its creation was driven primarily by a need to deliver a more people-centred system. The new arrangements were designed to promote high quality trans-jurisdictional practice by all key criminal justice institutions, namely police, prosecutions, courts and corrections, but especially police. This paper looks at the impetus of the Scheme from its political roots. It describes its implementation, and the evaluative process completed in 2013. Finally, it takes readers through the pivotal role played by police services, both in changing the environment in which the Scheme operated and in contributing to some positive but limited changes in cross-jurisdictional co-operation |
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Keywords: | Indigenous peoples remote policing cross-jurisdictional justice services |
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