Whether the respondent is a high risk serious offender
Quick Take
1Under s 48 of the High Risk Serious Offenders Act 2020 (WA), a continuing detention order rather than a supervision order will be made where the only available accommodation would expose the offender to contact with children falling within the identified risk profile, and where the offender's significant treatment needs remain substantially unmet.
2The objects of the HRSO Act encompass both community protection and the treatment of high risk serious offenders; where an offender has remained virtually untreated after nearly eight years in custody, the court will urge prioritisation of treatment programs during the statutory review period.
3An offender's denial of offending, even where it has fluctuated over time, is a factor that enhances the assessed risk profile and itself warrants urgent therapeutic intervention.
