The Australian Cross-Border Justice Scheme: An Evaluation of a Unique Policing Experiment

Police Practice and Research, 2016, DOI: org/10.1080/15614263.2015.1128158

Posted: 21 Jan 2016

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Rick T Sarre

University of South Australia - School of Law

Date Written: 2016

Abstract

Spanning the three jurisdictions of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the central Australian cross-border region is sparsely populated, with an estimated 7000 people living in some 26 communities. In 2009 a new initiative was introduced to the region – the Cross-border Justice Scheme. Its creation was driven primarily by a need to deliver a more people-centred system. The new arrangements were designed to promote high quality trans-jurisdictional practice by all key criminal justice institutions, namely police, prosecutions, courts and corrections, but especially police. This paper looks at the impetus of the Scheme from its political roots. It describes its implementation, and the evaluative process completed in 2013. Finally, it takes readers through the pivotal role played by police services, both in changing the environment in which the Scheme operated and in contributing to some positive but limited changes in cross-jurisdictional cooperation.

Keywords: Indigenous peoples; remote policing; cross-jurisdictional justice services

Suggested Citation

Sarre, Rick T, The Australian Cross-Border Justice Scheme: An Evaluation of a Unique Policing Experiment (2016). Police Practice and Research, 2016, DOI: org/10.1080/15614263.2015.1128158, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2718734

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