Unit 2 Area of Study 1- Checklist
Chapter 11
Study Design Point 1: Principles of Justice
● Fairness (Definition and Examples)
● Equality (Definition and Examples)
● Access (Definition and Examples)
Study Design Point 2: Law enforcement bodies
● Victoria Police- role
● Australian Federal Police (AFP)- role
● Delegated bodies
● Definition
● Examples
● Role
Study Design Point 3: Institutional Powers and Individual Rights
● Arrest
● Police Powers
● Rights of the Accused
● Questioning
● Police Powers
● Rights of the Accused
● Bail
● Powers of Court/ Bail justice/ Police
● Rights of the Accused
● Court Proceedings
● Powers of Prosecution
● Rights of the Accused
● Imprisonment
● Powers of prison officers
● Rights of the Prisoner
Study Design Point 4: The role and criminal jurisdiction of Victorian Courts
● Reasons for court hierarchy
● Role of VIctorian courts
● Criminal jurisdiction
● Original
● Appellate
Study Design Point 5: The role of jury in criminal trials
● When a jury is used
● Jury composition
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● Role of a jury
● Strengths and weaknesses of a jury system
Study Design Point 6: The purposes of sanctions: punishment, protection, denunciation,
deterrence and rehabilitation
● Punishment
● Protection
● Denunciation
● Deterrence
● Specific
● General
● Rehabilitation
Study Design Point 7: Types of sanctions
● Fines
● Community Correction Orders
● Mandatory
● Optional
● Imprisonment
Study Design Point 8: Key Factors Considered by Judges when sentencing
● Factors reducing the sentence (Mitigating factors)
● Factors increasing the sentence (Aggravating factors)
Study Design Point 9: Aspects of sentencing practices in Victoria and Norway
● Victoria
● Sentencing options
● Therapeutic justice
● Norway
● Sentencing options
● Imprisonment
Study Design Point 10: Alternative Approaches to sentencing
● Drug Court
● Koori Court
● Diversion programs
Chapter 12
Study Design Point: Choose only TWO recent cases out of the four below
● DPP v AK
● Overview of the charges
● Court/s involved
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● Sanctions
● Factors considered when sanctioning
● Avenues for appeal
● The extent to which the Principles of Justice achieved or not achieved
● DPP v Ristevski
● Overview of the charges
● Court/s involved
● Sanctions
● Factors considered when sanctioning
● Avenues for appeal
● The extent to which the Principles of Justice achieved or not achieved
● DPP v Haberfield/ Tang V Haberfield
● Overview of the charges
● Court/s involved
● Sanctions
● Factors considered when sanctioning
● Avenues for appeal
● The extent to which the Principles of Justice achieved or not achieved
● DPP V Pell- Pell V The Queen- Pell V The Queen
● Overview of the charges
● Court/s involved
● Sanctions
● Factors considered when sanctioning
● Avenues for appeal
● The extent to which the Principles of Justice achieved or not achieved
