‘It's all about the Benjamins’: Infringement notices and young people in New South Wales

Brown, D; Cunneen, C; Russell, S

‘It's all about the Benjamins’: Infringement notices and young people in New South Wales

Brown, D Cunneen, C

Russell, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Alternative Law Journal, 2017, 42 (4), pp. 253 - 260
Issue Date:: 2017-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Brown, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cunneen, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3348-9282	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Russell, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Alternative Law Journal, 2017, 42 (4), pp. 253 - 260	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1037-969X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122338
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article provides a brief analysis of the place, role and purpose of monetary penalties and their theoretical underpinnings. Against this critique of financial penalties and the revenue ('the Benjamins')1 that flows from penalty infringement notices, the article examines the six-fold growth in penalty infringement notices2 issued to children and young people in NSW between 1998 and 2013. It outlines the disproportionate impact of monetary penalties on them and the increasing displacement of diversionary options, raising questions about the appropriateness of issuing infringement notices to children and young people. This article also addresses positive developments in relation to children and young people, including the introduction of Work and Development Orders (WDOs) in NSW.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Alternative Law Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1037969X17732703	en_US
dc.title	‘It's all about the Benjamins’: Infringement notices and young people in New South Wales	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2201 Applied Ethics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost/Jumbunna
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Abstract:

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article provides a brief analysis of the place, role and purpose of monetary penalties and their theoretical underpinnings. Against this critique of financial penalties and the revenue ('the Benjamins')1 that flows from penalty infringement notices, the article examines the six-fold growth in penalty infringement notices2 issued to children and young people in NSW between 1998 and 2013. It outlines the disproportionate impact of monetary penalties on them and the increasing displacement of diversionary options, raising questions about the appropriateness of issuing infringement notices to children and young people. This article also addresses positive developments in relation to children and young people, including the introduction of Work and Development Orders (WDOs) in NSW.

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