Dr Liz Richardson1 Australasian Institute for Judicial Administration and the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation at the Faculty of Law Monash University Abstract Mental health courts have operated in Australia, the United States and Canada since the late 1990s. Growing...

Glenn Rutter1, Brianna Chesser2, Glen Hardy3 1 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000.  Glenn.Rutter@courts.vic.gov.au 2 Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Pde, Fitzroy, Vic, 3065.  Brianna.Chesser@acu.edu.au 3 Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, GPO Box 882, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000. ...

Tania Wolff First Step Legal This paper reflects on the experiences of a legal practitioner who has been involved in the ARC list, Victoria’s mental health court, as a legal practitioner since its inception in 2010 and who has witnessed...

Magistrate Felicity Zempilas1, Dr Adam Brett2, Mark Edmunds3 1 START Court (Mental Health Service) Perth Magistrates Court 501 Hay St PERTH 6000  2 START Court (Mental Health Service) Perth Magistrates Court 501 Hay St PERTH 6000 3 START Court (Mental...

Ms Sue King1, Magistrate Brett Dixon1, Ms Laura Capozzi3 1Courts Administration Authority, Adelaide, Australia, 2Courts Administration Authority, Adelaide, Australia, 3Offenders Aid & Rehabilitation Services Inc., Adelaide , Australia This paper is in two parts – it provides an overview of...

Dr. Loraine Lim1 1 Forensic Psychologist, 245 Sturt Street, Adelaide South Australia 5000, limloraine@gmail.com Mental health courts represent a key component of contemporary responses to mental illness and disability in the criminal justice system, and yet there is uncertainty about...

Mr Kevin  Tavener1 1WA Magistrates’ Court, Perth, Australia The Start (mental Health) Court initially followed the standard drug court model, but changes have been introduced which reflect the individualised focus of the court and the participants.  The court deals with...