Bail System in Victoria: Current Issues, Laws, and Government Response

Bail system in Victoria

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Current crime , criminal and justice problem..............................................................................3
Context of the Bail system in Victoria and the costs [financial or otherwise] of this problem
for government.............................................................................................................................4
Evaluation of the bail system issue in Victoria by government and media with the helps of
theoretical perspective.................................................................................................................5
Current laws and policies that shape and/or respond to the problem..........................................6
Response of the government to the problem of Bail system in Victoria.....................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The Section 51 of the Australian constitution states and gives the power to frame their
own laws in relation to various matters. There are two main sources of Australian laws i.e. case
law and common law and all the judgments related to the offences are made by the superior
courts of justice. Furthermore, the laws are made by the Parliament. The present report covers
the current situation about the crimes and criminal law In Victoria and the problem associated
with it is related to the Bail system in Victoria and all the cost and financial problems related to it
for the government of Australia(Legal ,& Social Issues Committee. 2018). The study also
highlights the current laws and policies that is prevailing in the country in order to respond to
this problem by the government and theoretical perspectives related to the problem identified.
MAIN BODY
Current crime , criminal and justice problem
Victoria's courts and tribunals interprets the law by deciding who is right or wrong with
the support of evidences that is collected from the investigation. With the help of this it enables
the tribunal to impose the penalties on the offender. (Greener, 2021). The current justice related
issue identifies is the Bail system in Victoria. It is said the person is guilty until , the evidence are
not proved against the accused person and it means that police can release that person from the
custody of the police. Various conditions are imposed on the person who released on bail and
that person is bound to follow the order of the court. Furthermore, in order to release the person
on bail, it is required to take the permission from the court and if denied then that person is
detained in the police custody.
In 2018 , the bail act 1997 was amended and various provisions was made stricter to
make it harder for the person to be released on bail in serious offences that is committed by them
. It is also observed that the national imprisonment rates in Australia has increased in the past
many years. In 2016, The Victorian government introduced various legislation with the purpose
of preventing the offenders who committed crime against the police officer from being released
form the prison on parole. The Decision of the Victorian Government regarding the changes in
the bail act was based on the some case which enable to provide fair justice to the people. The
changes in the laws focused on targeting the serious offences that has committed against the