>INTRODUCTION
Radio Adelaide and the Law Foundation of SA explore three contentious areas of the law: crime prevention, children and the law, international law. While all three arouse heated political opinion -- often played out in the world of tabloid media -- this series fills in often-missing background and context. Produced and presented by three of Radio Adelaide’s emerging producers, with Executive Producers Tony Ryan and PJ Rose
>BROADCAST DETAILS
7.30am weekdays
13-31 October 2003
in Radio Adelaide’s breakfast show, Expresso
CRIME PREVENTION
>Prevention Before Detention
starts Monday October 13Producer/Presenter: Cobi Smith
What's the best way to get ‘tough on crime’? Preventing crime can be of greater value than punishing offenders, so we explore options in crime prevention implemented in South Australia.
Mon Oct 13 Divining Crime
Does putting more resources into punishment reduce crime? Are there effective alternatives?
Maree Shaw QC (Chair, Criminal Law Committee, SA Law Society)
Paul Bennet (Criminal Practice Manager, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement)
Michael Dawson (CEO, SA Victim Support Service)Tue Oct 14 You’d Better Get A Lawyer Son
The Young Offenders Act, Family Conferencing, Diversion Programs for young people.
Bill Prior (SA Police, Community Program Support Branch)
Michael Dawson (CEO, SA Victim Support Service)
Kevin Fielke (Volunteer Court Companion, SA Victim Support Service)
Senior Constable Des Noll (Blue Light Adventure Program)Wed Oct 15 Dreamtime and Doing Time
Nunga Courts and Aboriginal people in the justice system.
Maree Shaw QC (Chair, Criminal Law Committee, SA Law Society)
Paul Bennet (Criminal Practice Manager, ALRM)
Lincoln Gore (Sergeant in Charge, Far North Criminal Justice Section)Thu Oct 16 Breaking the Cycle
Links between drugs and crime; how the Drug Court works.
Sue Dusmohammed (Manager, SA Specialist Courts)
John Wells (Legal Services Commission)Fri Oct 17 Design Against Crime
Situational Prevention and other strategies addressing factors that lead to crime.
Nick Nash (Sr Project Officer, 'City Safety & Crime Prevention', Adelaide City Council)
Bill Prior (South Australian Police Community Program Support Branch)
Des Bray (Detective Inspector, Crime Reduction, SA Police)
John Wells (Legal Services Commission)
CHILDREN & THE LAW
>Not Exactly Child’s Play
starts Monday October 20Producer/Presenter: Kathryn Crisell Probst
It's said our children are our future, but childhood is not always smooth. These five programs look at law and how it relates to children -- from child protection, to the emotional quagmire of the family court, to juvenile justice.
Mon Oct 20 Commissioning Help for Children
In her 2003 Child Protection Review, Robyn Layton QC recommended a Commissioner for Young Persons and Children. How do Commissioners work and what powers do they have?
Robyn Layton QC (author of SA's Child Protection Review)
'James' (spent many years in care & later became a young offender)
Robyn Sullivan (Queensland's Commissioner for Children)
Tina Dolgopol (Sr Lecturer in Law, Flinders University)Tue Oct 21 Mandated to Act?
Teachers, doctors, and some others who work with children have a legal responsibility to report suspected child abuse -- they are 'Mandated Reporters.' But what happens after a 'mandatory' report is made? Does the state have a legal responsibility to act?
Robyn Layton QC (author of SA's Child Protection Review)
Julie Redmond (Child Representative practicing in the Family Court)
Tina Dolgopol (Sr Lecturer in Law, Flinders University)Wed Oct 22 Child Protection versus Family Court
How does the Family Court respond when a parent is accused of child abuse?
Julie Redmond (Child Representative practicing in the Family Court)
Robyn Layton QC (author of SA's Child Protection Review)
Linda Dore (Solicitor practicing in the Family Court)Thu Oct 23 Is Child Protection a Pathway to Juvenile Justice?
There appear to be links between children in Child Protection and youngsters who end up in the Juvenile Justice System. Why?
'James' (spent many years in care & later became a young offender)
Tina Dolgopol (Sr Lecturer in Law, Flinders University)
Justice Alan Moss of the Youth Court
Linda Dore (Solicitor practicing in the Family Court)
Robyn Layton QC (author of SA's Child Protection Review)Fri Oct 24 Small Children, Big Concepts
Is it possible for young children to truly understand how the Juvenile Justice System works and the consequences of ending up in the system?
'James' (spent many years in care & later became a young offender)
Justice Alan Moss of the Youth Court
Linda Dore (Solicitor practicing in the Family Court)
Tina Dolgopol (Sr Lecturer in Law, Flinders University)
INTERNATIONAL LAW
>Leave It To Geneva
starts Monday October 27Producer/Presenter: Max Duncan
International law differs from the more familiar domestic arena of police, courts and jails. Usually, the international order operates smoothly; it’s only when the system breaks down that most people pay attention. This series, you’ll learn about international law as it relates to communications and commerce, war and peace, rights and responsibilities, and more.
Mon Oct 27 The Big Bad World
An introduction to the basic foundations and concerns of world order.
Wendy Lacey (Lecturer, University of Adelaide School of Law)
Dr Judith Gardam (Reader, University of Adelaide School of Law)Tue Oct 28 It’s All Just Supply and Demand… and Tariffs
International Trade Law -- the history, agreements and concept of 'free trade.'
Dominic Trindade (Trade Lawyer, Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Canberra)
Steven Siegloff Clark (Flinders University Law School)Wed Oct 29 If a Tree Falls in the Courtroom…
The scope and effectiveness (or not) of international environmental law.
Professor Rob Fowler (University of South Australia School of International Business)
Thu Oct 30 All the World’s a Battleground
The Laws of War: Geneva, Nuremburg and beyond.
Dr Judith Gardam (Reader, University of Adelaide School of Law)
Grant Niemann (Deputy Director, Practical Legal Training, Flinders University School of Law & war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia)Fri Oct 31 Natural Rights, Unnatural Times
The role and administration of human rights in international law.
Tina Dolgopol (Sr Lecturer, Flinders University School of Law)
>FEEDBACK
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Deborah Welch
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