by Laura Windsor | Sep 14, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
In taking this further step towards criminalising Coercive control Australia becomes part of the worldwide movement to enable law enforcement to act against what has become known as ‘intimate terrorism’. Recognising the psychological impact of controlling behaviour... 
by Laura Windsor | Aug 18, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
“You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used as evidence in a court of law…” Thanks to Hollywood and popular US movies or TV shows, we have all heard of the Miranda rights and could probably recite them by heart. They are ingrained in... 
by Laura Windsor | Jul 14, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
The reform of the Bail Act 2013 by the NSW Government effective from 22nd June 2022 was in part, a response to heightened media interest in bail matters. Balancing their care for public safety with care for defendants, not yet proven guilty or innocent but placed in... 
by Laura Windsor | Jun 6, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
With the change of Australia’s leadership, I am interested to see the next approach in policy to crime and punishment, specifically relating to juvenile crime. One question raised on the campaign trail was whether the age of criminal responsibility should be raised... 
by Laura Windsor | May 30, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
Prof Dan Howard (former deputy senior crown prosecutor), the author of a landmark report into drug addiction in New South Wales believes the government’s “tough on crime” approach to a spate of shootings is destined to fail unless it dramatically overhauls funding for... 
by Laura Windsor | May 9, 2022 | Electronic monitoring
From Country Girl to Kings Cross Drug Dealer; Gary Jubelin’s ‘I catch killers’ podcast. Alyson Colquitt provides a window into the world of remand and custody procedures in NSW. She was arrested in 2015 and spent over a year in a remand facility with no support...