Public drunkenness : decriminalization and the exercise of police discretion in the Northern Territory

Donald, Warren

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Public drunkenness : decriminalization and the exercise of police discretion in the Northern Territory

Authors

Donald, Warren

Abstract

If the history of the administration of criminal justice systems in Western Europe is examined, it is possible broadly to identify factors which have contributed to the recent and current trends toward general deeriminalization of "victimless" crimes and those described as of a moral nature only.