A collection of official correspondence, and testimonies and reminiscences of internees, published to accompany an exhibition on the transfer from Britain to Australia of 2,732 prisoners of war and "enemy aliens" - most of the latter Jewish refugees - on the military transport "Dunera". The commander of the "Dunera", Lt. Col. W.P. Scott, who saw the Nazi POWs as "a fine type, honest and straightforward", described the Jewish internees as "subversive liars, demanding and arrogant", and their brutal mistreatment by the guards aboard ship was accompanied by insults such as "German Jewish swine". Describes, also, their life in Australian internment camps and negotiations for their release in an Australia unwilling to receive them.

This book explores victims’ views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire. It draws on the empirical findings of the first in-depth study of victims and plea negotiations conducted in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the criminal justice system has seen major changes in both the role that victims play in the justice process and in how the vast majority of criminal cases are finalised. Guilty pleas have become the norm, and many of these result fromnegotiations between the prosecutor and the defence. The extent to which the victim is one of the participating parties in plea negotiations however, is a question of law and of practice. Drawing from focus groups and surveys with victims of crime, Victims and Plea Negotiations seeks to privilege victims’ voices and lived experiences of plea negotiations, to present their perspectives on five options for enhanced participation in this legal process. This book appeals to academicsand students in the areas of law, criminology, sociology, victimology and legal studies, those who practice in the criminal justice system generally, those who work with victims, and policy makers.