Fact Sheets
The Beyond Bars Alliance has developed a series of detailed fact sheets that explain key aspects of the criminal justice system in NSW and challenge some of the common myths in the law and order debate.
 

Crime statistics, crime waves and taking crime seriously

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Mandatory sentencing

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Victims of crime

(download)
 

Policing

(download)
 

Youth crime

(download)
 

Are prisons cost-effective?

(download)
 

Alternatives to custody

(download)
 

Aboriginal people

(download)
 

Mental health

(download)
 

People with an intellectual disability

(download)
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“True compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”

Rev. Dr. Matin Luther King

 

Additional Fact Sheets from Victorian Smart Justice Site

 
   
Impacts of Law and Order Populism  
   
Prevention is Better than Cure  
   
Drugs, Crime and Prison  
   
Women in Prison  
   
Additional Mental Health Information Sheet from Mental Health Coordinating Council  
   
Over-representation of people with Mental Health  
 
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