Abstract
The conference encompasses a range of issues relating to bail under the following section headings: bail and remand in custody, a South Australian overview; bail legislation; the media and bail; the police and bail; bail setting; perspectives on bail in Queensland; research on bail and remand; and avoiding remand in custody.
Proceedings of a conference held 29 November-1 December 1988
Contents
Bail and remand in custody: a South Australian overview
- A view from the magistracy
Nick Manos - Remanded in custody
Frank Morgan - Research, policy and bail
Adam Sutton - Practical problems with bail and remand
John Murray - Bail or remand - the civil libertarian perspective
Russell Jamison - The victim's second injury - bail instead of remand
Kate Hannaford
Bail legislation
- Bail in Australia
Frank Devine - Bail legislation: objectives and achievements
Jeffrey Miles - Distinguishing meaningful signals from background noise
Rick Sarre
The police and bail
- To bail or not to bail - a police perspective
Euan Walker - The police (prosecuters') perspectives on bail
Frank McAvaney - A police perspective on bail in South Australia
Jonathan Tuncks
Bail setting
- The contribution of correctional services to the bail process
John Richards - Assisting the court: bail assessment developments
Brenda Smith - Bail - post-committal and post-conviction
Arthur Rogerson
Perspectives on bail and remand
- Drugs and bail - the Queensland experience
Ian Dearden - Bail for serious offenders
Garth Thompson - Bail research in South Australia
Julie Gardner
Avoiding remand in custody
- Pre-sentence reports: their impact on the South Australian remand rate
Jonathan Tulett - Intensive supervision and electronic surveillance as alternatives to remand in custody
Ross Lay
- List of participants