'It's all about the Benjamins': infringement notices and young people in New South Wales
Brown, David, Cunneen, Chris, and Russell, Sophie (2017) 'It's all about the Benjamins': infringement notices and young people in New South Wales. Alternative Law Journal, 42 (4). pp. 253-260.
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Abstract
This article provides a brief analysis of the place, role and purpose of monetary penalties and their theoretical underpinnings. Against this critique of financial penalties and the revenue ('the Benjamins')1 that flows from penalty infringement notices, the article examines the six-fold growth in penalty infringement notices2 issued to children and young people in NSW between 1998 and 2013. It outlines the disproportionate impact of monetary penalties on them and the increasing displacement of diversionary options, raising questions about the appropriateness of issuing infringement notices to children and young people. This article also addresses positive developments in relation to children and young people, including the introduction of Work and Development Orders (WDOs) in NSW.
| Item ID: | 51703 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2398-9084 |
| Keywords: | infringement notices, financial penalties, children and young people, juvenile justice, disproportionate impact on diversionary options |
| Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| Projects and Grants: | ARC DP130100184 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2018 02:43 |
| FoR Codes: | 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4804 Law in context > 480405 Law and society and socio-legal research @ 60% 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4805 Legal systems > 480504 Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems) @ 40% |
| SEO Codes: | 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940403 Criminal Justice @ 50% 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940406 Legal Processes @ 50% |
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