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what paras would u use for this?
U can use judicial discretion in CTP, community interest of holding offender accountable clashes with individual freedom of fair trial and taking into consideration mitigating factors. So community wants to see offender go to jail but offender wants the least jail time possible.
 

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what paras would u use for this?
bail - tension between the offenders right to liberty but the community's need for safety - terrorist cases, definitely protect community, but with show cause like why was that negative, it reversed presumption of innocence

police powers - tension between keeping community safe from offenders but also don't hurt the offenders so much its very unnecessary, such as Curti case with tasers, did he really have to be tasered so many times?

you could only do these 2, but you could also do mandatory sentencing, like there's a tension between parliament making a law to have a guaranteed sentence for an offence, but that takes away judges discretion, and for the offender where is their rights if they were mentally ill and king hit someone yk? so that's a big tension
 
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yesss ofc so an example that i used was young offenders to fit almost any topic from crime they could throw at me. eg. for post-sentencing id talk about diversionary programs:
  • Such programs aim to divert offenders away from the criminal justice system and towards rehabilitation, while also reducing recidivism rates to effectively achieve justice. For example, in New South Wales, the Young Offenders Act 1997 and the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 provide the legal framework for diversionary programs. The Youth Justice Conferencing program and the Court Integrated Services Program (CISP) involve the victim, the offender, and their respective families, as well as a trained facilitator, in a conference aimed at repairing the harm caused by the offending behaviour. The CISP aims to address the underlying causes of offending behaviour, such as drug and alcohol abuse, by providing offenders with access to support services and treatment programs.
then if i wanna include young offenders in a ctp questions id say the exact sm thing with an added case:
  • R v. Ben – community service was served, volunteering, regular councelling (psychology) on a process of 9 months - then 12 months alter he had not committed a single offence (this is not a soft option because he did lose his guns - Meets society's needs as it is therapuetic and looks on underlying dactors of crime as opposed to combatting the crime itself. Not “soft” on youth offenders). – mag in children’s court case.
so if they gave me a ctp question, sentencing question, or young offenders question, i'd use any of the above info in my essay.

another example of a 2-in-1 method is to talk about legal aid. legal aid cases can be used in a young offender, ctp AND sentencing considerations question. i said something like:
  • define what legal aid is, it fills the gap of ___
  • how is the criminal trial system built on the backbone of fair and equal representation for all: Dietrich v. The Queen 1992 (Cth) and R v. McInnes 1971 established the notion of the right to a fair trial (as per the application of the rule of law) through accessibility to legal representation as per Legal Aid Commission Act 1979.
  • Legal Aid NSW provides ....
  • USE STATISTICS I PROMISE U WILL BE GRADED DOWN IF U DONT: the system is underfunded and insufficient to meet demand, meaning many people that are eligible for legal aid do not receive it, limiting the potential of the criminal trial process to achieve justice for individuals, despite 423,431 total client services (2021-22) provided by Legal Aid NSW…
  • then id include a case where legal aid successfully achieved the rights of the offender (CTP), where it was unsuccessful and led to an unfair sentence due to lack of adequate and professional representation (sentencing and consideration), and id make at least one of these cases related to young offenders to fit a YO question.
one more example is R v. Silva. im telling u this case fits each and every question u can get on ctp or sentencing. it talks about mitigating factors, being served an appeal, judicial discretion, public and media involvement, suspended sentencing, prolonged court procedures, domestic violence, everything.
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guys im cooked for crime i havent even studied it at all, cant even answer a single mc let alone a whole essay, whats the most effcient way to study ittttt, i ahve bio toooo
 

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Does anyone have question predictions for consumers or GEP? i'm really hoping we aren't forced to write about contemporary issues for consumers but credit hasn't been asked in ages...
 

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if u get a q on one contemp issue (such as discuss effectiveness of law achieving care and protection AS OPPOSED TO discuss effectiveness with reference to care and protection) is NESA expecting 4 fking pgs just about one contemporary issue???
omg i would hate if they specified.

im not entirely sure if this would be right, but if i got something like that, i would probably also link it towards divorce and the legal consequences of children (chapter 2), and probably also the changing nature of responsibility- cause a few things in family law do overlap with each other.
 

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are u guys sorting ur crime essay plans into themes and challenges?
yeah, probably the easiest way to organise them, and you can see how much is common between them. Like bail/remand as a paragraph works for discretion, balancing victims, offenders and society, legal/nonlegal, moral standards
 

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can someone pls give or recomend a cheatsheet that has multiple topics together for crime cos idk how im gonna memorise ts
 

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if u get a q on one contemp issue (such as discuss effectiveness of law achieving care and protection AS OPPOSED TO discuss effectiveness with reference to care and protection) is NESA expecting 4 fking pgs just about one contemporary issue???
unfortunately yes it is meant to be a whole essay on surrogacy or whatever, but im hoping the other question option is general and i can do that one? or worst case its another contemp issue i know better and hope for the best, surely that would scale up then
 

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