Law Reform In Nsw

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Laws are rules laid down on all members of a society and enforced by a sovereign political power. Legislation must continually adapt to the changing morals and values of a nation and as such, law reforms are necessary to ensure laws are current, correct defects and fix injustices of law. Agencies of reform such as The Australian Law Reform Commission, are able to investigate and recommend changes to law in order in order to keep up with continuously altering social ethics.This can be seen through the moderately successful modification of laws regarding youth offenders and domestic violence.

Young offenders in the legal system has become a fundamental issue to the NSW community. Due to children and young people representing a significant percentage of NSW’s population, and are the future of the community it is imperative they become effective and contributing members of society. However, children and young people make up 26% of all persons of interest proceeded against by NSW Police, and a large proportion of unrecorded crime. In order to combat this issue The Young Offenders Act 1997 was introduced, aiming to provide diversionary measures for young offenders as alternatives to court appearances. As a consequence, …show more content…

‘Domestic violence’ should include all violent assaults against another person. For the purposes of legislation, it should comprise murder, manslaughter and offences against the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW: ACT)
In 2014, the number of victims of family and domestic violence-related assault offences as recorded by police was: New South Wales – 28,780 victims hidden problem —-> increasing awareness
Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Amendment (National Domestic Violence Orders Recognition) Bill 2016.

The most frequent complaint about the law’s response to domestic violence is that it offers inadequate protection to victims. Complaints typically focus on two

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