One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law
<p class="AbstractTxt">This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted <em>Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and...
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Queensland University of Technology
2014-04-01
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| description | <p class="AbstractTxt">This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted <em>Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Act 2014</em> (NSW). Based on an analysis of both the circumstances out of which it emerged, and the terms in which the new offences of assault causing death and assault causing death while intoxicated have been defined, I argue that the Act represents another example of criminal law ‘reform’ that is devoid of principle, produces a lack of coherence in the criminal law and, in its operation, is unlikely to deliver on the promise of effective crime prevention in relation to alcohol-fuelled violence.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47c3ee431fe440d9945caa58ecc3456c2022-12-21T21:29:24ZengQueensland University of TechnologyInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy2202-79982202-80052014-04-01318110610.5204/ijcjsd.v3i1.145124One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal LawJulia Ann Quilter0University of Wollongong<p class="AbstractTxt">This article critically examines the New South Wales State Government’s latest policy response to the problem of alcohol-related violence and anxiety about ‘one punch’ killings: the recently enacted <em>Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Assault and Intoxication) Act 2014</em> (NSW). Based on an analysis of both the circumstances out of which it emerged, and the terms in which the new offences of assault causing death and assault causing death while intoxicated have been defined, I argue that the Act represents another example of criminal law ‘reform’ that is devoid of principle, produces a lack of coherence in the criminal law and, in its operation, is unlikely to deliver on the promise of effective crime prevention in relation to alcohol-fuelled violence.</p>https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/145 |
| spellingShingle | Julia Ann Quilter One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
| title | One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law |
| title_full | One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law |
| title_fullStr | One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law |
| title_full_unstemmed | One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law |
| title_short | One-punch Laws, Mandatory Minimums and ‘Alcohol-Fuelled’ as an Aggravating Factor: Implications for NSW Criminal Law |
| title_sort | one punch laws mandatory minimums and alcohol fuelled as an aggravating factor implications for nsw criminal law |
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