TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Evaluating the effectiveness of Australia's confiscation laws
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
A1  - Freiberg, Arie
A1  - Fox, Richard
SP  - 239
EP  - 265
VL  - 33
IS  - 3
N2  - For more than a decade Australian jurisdictions have enthusiastically embraced wide-reaching laws for the forfeiture and confiscation of the proceeds of crime. These were offered as new and potent weapons against organised crime. Despite the lack of evidence regarding its effectiveness, this type of legislation has become progressively more severe. This paper enquires how such legislation has been applied in practice over the past ten years, whether it has been properly targeted, whether it has achieved its intended deterrent effect, and whether the enactment of ever more draconian measures is the appropriate policy response.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8658
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000486580003300301
ID  - ref1
ER  -