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Review of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996
This is a review of the laws in Western Australia which deal with accused who have been found by a court to be mentally unfit to stand trial.
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Publishing Date:
1 April, 2016
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Authors:
Department of the Attorney General
Soft neurological signs and prenatal alcohol exposure: a population-based study in remote Australia
This study explored the relationship between gross motor skills, FASD and prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in Australian Aboriginal children.
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Publishing Date:
15 March, 2016
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Journal Name:
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
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Authors:
Barbara R. Lucas, Jane Latimer, James P. Fitzpatrick, Robyn Doney, Rochelle E. Watkins, Tracey W. Tsang, Tracy Jirikowic, Heather Carmichael Olson, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Elizabeth J. Elliott
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists: Alcohol Policy – March 2016
This policy document provides a comprehensive overview of the significant and varied harms associated with alcohol, while making recommendations for addressing these harms. It highlights that a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to reducing alcohol-related harm is required.
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Publishing Date:
1 March, 2016
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Authors:
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, FASD, and Child Behavior: A Meta-analysis
This review summarises the behaviours of children with FASD and/or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), assessed using the commonly-used Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher Report Form, or Youth Self-Report Form.
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Publishing Date:
1 March, 2016
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Journal Name:
Pediatrics
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Authors:
Tracey W. Tsang, Barbara R. Lucas, Heather Carmichael Olson, Rafael Z. Pinto, Elizabeth J. Elliott
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Expert Evidence and the Unreliability of Admissions during Police Interviews
Case commentary from 2016- It has been recognised for over a decade that FASDs, if not identified, can result in miscarriages of justice by reason of profoundly reducing the culpability, and on occasion even the responsibility, of criminal offenders. The decision of the Privy Council in Pora v The Queen [2015] UKPC 9 provides an authoritative legal precedent for recognition of the fact that questioning by police has the potential to yield unreliable and confabulated confessions from persons with FASDs.
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Publishing Date:
25 February, 2016
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Journal Name:
Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
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Authors:
Ian Freckelton
Impairment of motor skills in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in remote Australia: The Lililwan Project
This study investigated the relationship between motor skills, FASD and prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) in the Fitzroy Valley.
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Publishing Date:
16 February, 2016
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Journal Name:
Drug and Alcohol Review
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Authors:
Barbara R. Lucas, Robyn Doney, Jane Latimer, Rochelle E. Watkins, Tracey W. Tsang, Genevieve Hawkes, James P. Fitzpatrick, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, Elizabeth J. Elliott
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