Criminal justice reform: Lessons from the United States is the second major research report from the IPA’s Criminal Justice Project.
The report can be found here.
Tag Archives: Criminal justice
Criminal Justice Reform Does Not Start In Jails
This piece originally appeared in the West Australian on 7 April 2017.
The new WA Government has said that it cannot afford to build a new $600 million prison planned by the previous government.
But this cost cannot be avoided simply by letting people out of prison. Criminal justice reform must always be about maximising community safety. Continue reading
Senate report on penalties for white-collar crime
The testimony of Andrew Bushnell and Darcy Allen was mentioned numerous times in the final report of the Senate inquiry into penalties for white collar crime, which was released on 23 March 2017.
The below is the media release about our appearance on 6 December 2016. Continue reading
Criminal Justice Can Never Be An Arm Of The Welfare State
This piece originally appeared in The Australian on 17 February 2017.
Crime is caused by people who decide to commit crimes. It is not caused by society. The criminal justice system exists to punish criminals and protect the community, not to fix societal ills.
This is a very simple principle. But it bears restating because it seems to have eluded Rob Hulls in his commentary, published in these pages last week, on our criminal justice report. Continue reading
Interview with Tom Elliot
My interview with 3AW’s Tom Elliot can be heard here.
We talked about how punishment reform can and should play a key role in reducing Victoria’s growing criminal justice costs, and can help reduce crime over the longer-term.
Andrew Bushnell 