Research Organisation of the Intended outcomes and new research information Anna Arstein–Kerslake This project aims to: This project will provide a form of The University of advocacy that respects the rights, will Analyse the social, legal and policy issues Melbourne Law school and preference of people with cognitive leading to unfitness to plead findings and impairments, including Indigenous $514,936 (Incl. GST) indefinite detention in Australia, with a focus on people, in the criminal justice system. the experiences of Indigenous people. Unfitness to Plead and The expected outcomes are the: Indefinite Detention of Provide and evaluate supported Persons with Cognitive for up to 60 individuals with cognitive Analysis of the differences and Impairments: Addressing impairments who have been charged with a similarities in unfitness to plead crime and who may be subject to unfitness to laws and policy across the the legal barriers and creating appropriate plead processes. Australian states and territories. alternative supports in Recommend options for the reform of Creation of good practice model(s) • the community. unfitness to plead law and policy. in supported decision–making in Method: Supported the criminal justice context that can decision–making model be used in Australia and abroad. Creation of recommendations • for law and policy reform in compliance with human rights standards.
Research Organisation of the research Intended outcomes and new information Anna Arstein–Kerslake The University of Melbourne Law school $514,936 (Incl. GST) Unfitness to Plead and Indefinite Detention of Persons with Cognitive Impairments: Addressing the legal barriers and creating appropriate alternative supports in the community. Method: Supported decision–making model This project aims to: Analyse the social, legal and policy issues leading to unfitness to plead findings and indefinite detention in Australia, with a focus on the experiences of Indigenous people. Provide and evaluate supported for up to 60 individuals with cognitive impairments who have been charged with a crime and who may be subject to unfitness to plead processes. • Recommend options for the reform of unfitness to plead law and policy. This project will provide a form of advocacy that respects the rights, will and preference of people with cognitive impairments, including Indigenous people, in the criminal justice system. The expected outcomes are the: Analysis of the differences and similarities in unfitness to plead laws and policy across the Australian states and territories. Creation of good practice model(s) in supported decision–making in the criminal justice context that can be used in Australia and abroad. • Creation of recommendations for law and policy reform in compliance with human rights standards.
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