- Title
- Prosecutions in the summary jurisdictions
- Creator
- Camilleri, Marg; Harkness, Alistair
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/189213
- Identifier
- vital:17399
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19063-6_5
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783031190650
- Abstract
- Police prosecutors play a critical role in the Victorian summary jurisdiction. While scarce, the available literature identifies concerns about the use of police prosecutors, including a lack of independence from investigative police the opaque police prosecutor decision-making the potential bias in favour of police informants the lack of uniformity in training requirements the high workloads and the lack of clear, uniform and public guidelines all which may have real or perceived impacts upon court outcomes for accused and victims alike and upon the public’s confidence in the administration of justice. This is particularly so in the context of increasing volume, complexity and seriousness of summary offences. This chapter supports the need for an evidence-based review of police-led prosecutions which includes the impacts on case outcomes, and whether certain reforms may be necessary.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Relation
- Australian Courts : controversies, challenges and change Chapter 5 p. 95-119
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright @ The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- Subject
- Magistrates’ Court; Police; Police-led prosecutions; Prosecutors; Summary jurisdiction
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