Koen is an unemployed 18 year-old Ngunnawal male with a history of minor juvenile delinquency
\nand a poor record of school attendance and educational achievement. Having been in foster care, he is
\nnow homeless, although he occasionally manages to find a room for the night in one of the various
\nhostel shelters in the city. He sometimes finds someone willing to pay cash for an odd job but
\ngenerally lives from hand-to-mouth and \u2013 if he can afford it \u2013 occasionally smokes cannabis.
\nHaving not eaten for two days, and wanting either food or cannabis, Koen sees Mrs Maria Sanchez,
\nan elderly retired librarian, walking along the street towards some shops. Hoping to find money in her
\npurse, Koen snatches Mrs Sanchez\u2019s hand-bag and runs quickly down a nearby alley way in which he
\ntrips, falls, drops the hand-bag, gets to his feet again, abandons the hand-bag and continues running
\nuntil he reaches a group of male youths with whom he mingles. A shop-keeper has seen what has
\nhappened and runs after Koen, but when the shop-keeper enters the alley all he sees is the hand-bag
\non the ground at one end of the alley and at the other end, a group of youths which quickly starts to
\ndisperse when police arrive. Although there are Anglo-Australian, Middle Eastern and Indigenous
\nyouth present in the group, the police arrest only the Indigenous males and the more swarthy-looking
\nMiddle Eastern males. The hand-bag is returned to Mrs Sanchez. Nothing has been stolen from it.
\nForensic examination of the hand-bag fails to find anything of evidential value.
\nAn identification parade via a two-way mirror (allowing witnesses to see the suspects but not vice
\nversa) is arranged to ascertain if Mrs Sanchez and the shop-keeper can recognize the attacker. The
\nshop-keeper cannot, but Mrs Sanchez recognizes Koen both as her attacker, and as a boy who used to
\nbe brought into the local library by his foster carers for a Saturday-morning reading club for
\ndisadvantaged children learning to read. She has also paid him to cut a front lawn two or three times.
\nAware of Koen\u2019s troubled childhood and current disadvantaged circumstances, and despite having
\nsuffered a fright, because she has had her hand-bag returned to her together with all its contents intact
\nMrs Sanchez does not want Koen to get into trouble for this. She tells the police that she does not see
\nher attacker on the parade. There is insufficient evidence for the police to proceed.
\nDrug-related street robberies have been on the increase for some months in this suburb. With few
\narrests and convictions, this is currently a high profile issue in the media because a Parliamentary
\nelection is imminent and various candidates for election are stressing law and order as a major
\ncampaigning issue. The police feel under significant pressure to secure a conviction regardless of Mrs
\nSanchez\u2019 declared inability to identify her attacker. Koen has a previous conviction for unlawful use
\nof a motor vehicle, and in his jacket pocket police found the remains of a small plastic zip-lock 4 cm2
\nbag that once contained an unidentified white powder, a tiny residue of which is still present. On this
\nbasis, police decide to release the other persons arrested and concentrate their efforts on Koen.
\nPolice interview Koen and ask him if he wants a solicitor present, commenting as they do so that this
\nwill delay matters whilst a solicitor is located and attends the police station. Koen wants legal advice
\nbut declines because he cannot afford a lawyer and he is unaware that legal advice can be provided
\nfree of charge and that he may be eligible for legal aid in any case.
\nPolice tell Koen that he will be charged with street robbery and possession of a controlled drug and
\nwill face 2-5 years in prison on conviction. Having told him this, the police then offer Koen a deal:
\npolice will accept a guilty plea to the lesser serious charge of attempted theft (which will not likely
\nattract a prison sentence), and will not oppose bail – if Koen agrees to become an informer for them.
\nUnaware that he has not been identified as the would-be robber, and that the residue inside the split
\nplastic bag is insufficient in quantity to support the drugs charge that the police have mentioned, Koen
\naccepts the deal. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
ASSESSMENT QUESTION (CASE STUDY ESSAY TITLE)
\nIDENTIFY AND ANALYSE THE COMPETING
<\/span><\/div>\nCl<\/span>AIMS FOR \u2018JUSTICE \u2019 THAT MIGHT BE
\nMADE BY THE VICTIM, OFFENDER, AND COMMUNITY IN <\/span><\/div>\nTHESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
\nHOW WILL THE INTERESTS OF \u2018JUSTICE\u2019 BEST BE SERVED? <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\nAcademic sources <\/div>\n
You will need to research the academic literature in planning for and writing your essay and you are
\nrequired to cite a minimum of five appropriate scholarly sources. <\/div>\n
Appropriate scholarly sources include journal articles, academic books, book chapters, <\/div>\n
and
\ngovernment reports. Official publications that are available electronically, such as United Nations
\ndocuments, can be used. You should generally avoid student textbooks as these are intended to
\nintroduce readers to key ideas and do not necessarily present original detailed research and analysis.
\nNewspaper or magazine articles and internet webpages are not appropriate sources for the purpose
\nof academic analysis and should only be used to illustrate examples of an issue being brought to
\npublic attention. Do not use online and hard copy encyclopaedia <\/div>\n
You must cite your sources using the in-text American Psychological Association referencing and
\ncitation system 7th edition, also known as APA7. Guidance on APA7 formatting can be found here:
\nhttps:\/\/libguides.acu.edu.au\/apa. Do not use footnotes.
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