Six Degrees from Liberation: Legal Needs of Women in Criminal and Other Matters

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs of Women Accused
  • 1.1 Statistical Picture
    • 1.1.1 Theft
    • 1.1.2 Assault
    • 1.1.3 Welfare Fraud
    • 1.1.4 Drug Offences
    • 1.1.5 Prostitution
    • 1.1.6 Non-Payment of Fines
    • 1.1.7 Bail
  • 1.2 Role of the State
  • 1.3 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 1.4 Summary
• Chapter 2: Federally Sentenced Women
  • 2.1 Defining the Population
  • 2.2 Restrictions on Liberty in Federal Institutions
    • 2.2.1 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 2.3 Security Classification
    • 2.3.1 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 2.4 Child Apprehension Matters
    • 2.4.1 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 2.5 Parole Hearings, Conditional Release and Implications for Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 2.6 Summary
• Chapter 3: Women as Witnesses, Complainants and Third Parties in Cases of Intimate Violence and Sexual Assault
  • 3.1 Women’s Experience with Mandatory Charging
    • 3.1.1 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 3.2 Sexual Assault Proceedings and Implications for Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 3.3 Criminal Injuries Compensation Proceedings and Implications for Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
  • 3.4 Restorative Justice Proceedings
    • 3.4.1 Definition of Community
    • 3.4.2 Voluntariness of Participation
    • 3.4.3 Privacy of the Process
    • 3.4.4 Legal Aid and Other Legal Needs
    • 3.5 Summary
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1: Interview Respondents

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