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Recidivist Drink Drivers & Therapeutic Justice Workshop
19-20 September 2013, University of Tasmania, Hobart
This 2 day workshop was organised by the Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (TILES) and the Faculty of Law at UTAS in conjunction with the Magistrates Court of Tasmania. This workshop was funded by the Law Foundation of Tasmania.
Workshop Chair: Dr Isabelle Bartkowiak-Theron (TILES) and Dr Terese Henning (The Faculty of Law)
Workshop Coordinator: Paula Broucek, Executive Officer (TILES)
The workshop's aim was to initiate the process of informed decision-making about whether and how best to apply problem solving court processes to recidivist drink driving in Tasmania. This included various presentations and discussion by key stakeholder institutions and agencies, researchers, magistrates and people involved in drink driving programs elsewhere in Australia and internationally.
Workshop speakers were:
Michael Hill, Chief Magistrate, The Magistrates Court of Tasmania
Professor Arie Freiberg, Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Councils
Dr Raimondo Bruno, University of Tasmania
Associate Professor Peter Miller, Deakin University
Jann Smith, CEO, The Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council Tas Inc.
Inspector Peter Harriss,
Tasmania Police
John Costello, Magistrate, The Magistrates Court of the Queensland
Elisa Buggy, Program Manager, Drug Court in Victoria
Gerald Waters, Research Director, Researching Impaired Driving in New Zealand
The workshop was attended by the ABC News and the story can be viewed on ABC website
The interviews with three workshop speakers were broadcasted on 936 ABC Hobart
Thank you to all those who participated at this successful workshop.
Workshop presentations available:
Photos from the workshop (TILES 2013)
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