Prison sentences in Australia : estimates of the characteristics of offenders sentenced to prison in 1987-88 / John Robert Walker.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1989.

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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Imprisonment -- Australia.

Australia lacks comprehensive information on the numbers and characteristics of prisoners, and details on the sentences they serve. Walker shows how estimates can be obtained from careful analysis of existing data. He discusses major differences between the States; the most common offences of inmates; time served by murderers, women and juveniles; the effect of prior imprisonment on time served; and the minor offences for which Aborigines are sent to prison. - Publisher's website.

Cover title.

"September 1989".

Includes bibliographical references.

0642147477

0817-8542

6 pages ; 30 cm