FASD & Justice Archives - FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub https://fasdhub.org.au/publication-topics/fasd-justice/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:41:24 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fasdhub.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/favicon.webp FASD & Justice Archives - FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub https://fasdhub.org.au/publication-topics/fasd-justice/ 32 32 Addressing the challenges of FASD for adolescents in the justice system https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/addressing-the-challenges-of-fasd-for-adolescents-in-the-justice-system-2/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:33:45 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=9452 The post Addressing the challenges of FASD for adolescents in the justice system appeared first on FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub.

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]]> Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Courts: How England and Wales Could Benefit From Following an Australian Model https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/foetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-fasd-and-the-courts-how-england-and-wales-could-benefit-from-following-an-australian-model/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:24:00 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=9324 The post Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Courts: How England and Wales Could Benefit From Following an Australian Model appeared first on FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub.

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]]> Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/estimating-the-prevalence-of-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-in-australia/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:35:11 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=9241 The post Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia appeared first on FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub.

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]]> Analysis of risk factors associated with suicidality in children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Western Australia https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/analysis-of-risk-factors-associated-with-suicidality-in-children-and-adolescents-with-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-in-western-australia/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:32:20 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=8859 This study is the first to characterise suicidality (i.e., suicidal ideation/suicide attempt) and explore associated risk factors in young individuals with FASD within the Australian context.

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]]> Addressing the challenges of FASD for adolescents in the justice system https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/addressing-the-challenges-of-fasd-for-adolescents-in-the-justice-system/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:59:17 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=8713 The post Addressing the challenges of FASD for adolescents in the justice system appeared first on FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub.

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]]> Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Senate Inquiry: Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/australian-government-response-to-the-senate-community-affairs-references-committee-report/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:31:17 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=8705 Response prepared by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia

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]]> We shouldn’t lock up young offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Here are the alternatives https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/we-shouldnt-lock-up-young-offenders-with-fasd/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:42:19 +0000 https://fasdhub.org.au/?post_type=publications&p=8106 The post We shouldn’t lock up young offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Here are the alternatives appeared first on FASD Hub Australia | FASD Hub.

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]]> The Preventable Disability https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/the-preventable-disability/ Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://abtesting.wp/publications/the-preventable-disability/ This report summarises the prevalence, social and economical impacts, management and prevention of FASD. It also reports on alcohol consumption and policy context within the Northern Territory.

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]]> Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Expert Evidence and the Unreliability of Admissions during Police Interviews https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/fasds-expert-evidence-and-the-unreliability-of-admissions-during-police-interviews/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:00:00 +0000 http://abtesting.wp/publications/fasds-expert-evidence-and-the-unreliability-of-admissions-during-police-interviews/ Case commentary from 2016- It has been recognised for over a decade that FASDs, if not identified, can result in miscarriages of justice by reason of profoundly reducing the culpability, and on occasion even the responsibility, of criminal offenders. The decision of the Privy Council in Pora v The Queen [2015] UKPC 9 provides an authoritative legal precedent for recognition of the fact that questioning by police has the potential to yield unreliable and confabulated confessions from persons with FASDs.

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]]> Review of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 https://fasdhub.org.au/publications/review-of-the-criminal-law-mentally-impaired-accused-act-1996/ Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://abtesting.wp/publications/review-of-the-criminal-law-mentally-impaired-accused-act-1996/ This is a review of the laws in Western Australia which deal with accused who have been found by a court to be mentally unfit to stand trial.

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