2011
| Author | Moore, Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| Date | Dec, 2011 |
| Source/Publisher | NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Bureau Brief, Issue paper no. 74 |
| Download | Download Full Text |
| Link(s) | https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Publications/BB/bb74.pdf |
| Subjects | Juvenile justice |
The study is to compare police-referred youth justice conferences (P-YJCs), court referred youth justice conferences (C-YJCs) and Children’s Court (CC) matters on the time to finalisation (i.e., the number of days from referral/charge date to conference/court finalisation date), and assess the contribution of index offence- and/or offender-related characteristics as potential confounders, by utilising data from NSW Re-Offending Database. The findings include; C-YJCs held in 2010 had a significantly longer time to finalisation compared to the CC cohort and the P-YJCs cohort, and CC cohort had a significantly longer time to finalisation compared to the P-YJC cohort. The findings suggest it may be appropriate to consider further revising the legislated time-frames as there may be legitimate reasons for why delays occur.
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