Serious Crime Prevention Orders

Methven, E; Carter, DJ

Serious Crime Prevention Orders

Methven, E

Carter, DJ

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Publisher:: The University of Sydney
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2016, 28 (2), pp. 227 - 238
Issue Date:: 2016-11-30

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dc.contributor.author	Methven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-3905	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carter, DJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-6351	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-11-30	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2016, 28 (2), pp. 227 - 238	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1034-5329	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Successive reforms in New South Wales (‘NSW’) have established far-reaching powers to curtail the liberties of those who were once convicted of various serious sexual and violent offences. Now, these powers have been significantly expanded, with the Executive Government asserting the ability to control the free movement, speech, association and work of NSW citizens and businesses via Serious Crime Prevention Orders (‘SCPOs’) under the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016 (NSW). This Comment surveys substantive and procedural aspects of SCPOs. We situate the orders as part of a continuing expansion of administrative detention and supervision regimes of a hybrid, quasi-criminal nature. We question whether the powers go too far by increasing the State’s powers to surveil and control a person’s or business’s activities under the justification of preventing crime. We also canvass the possibility that SCPOs will operate in a punitive (not merely preventative) manner.	en_US
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Abstract:

Successive reforms in New South Wales (‘NSW’) have established far-reaching powers to curtail the liberties of those who were once convicted of various serious sexual and violent offences. Now, these powers have been significantly expanded, with the Executive Government asserting the ability to control the free movement, speech, association and work of NSW citizens and businesses via Serious Crime Prevention Orders (‘SCPOs’) under the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016 (NSW). This Comment surveys substantive and procedural aspects of SCPOs. We situate the orders as part of a continuing expansion of administrative detention and supervision regimes of a hybrid, quasi-criminal nature. We question whether the powers go too far by increasing the State’s powers to surveil and control a person’s or business’s activities under the justification of preventing crime. We also canvass the possibility that SCPOs will operate in a punitive (not merely preventative) manner.

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