Australian sentencing : principles and practice / Richard Edney, Mirko Bagaric.

Port Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

1. The nature of sentencing and theories of punishment

2. Plucking figures from the air: instinctive synthesis

3. Objectives available through sentencing

4. High Court sentencing jurisprudence

5. The principle of proportionality

6. Aggravating factors

7. Mitigating considerations

8. Relevance of a guilty plea

9. Relevance of prior criminality

10. Aboriginality

11. The nature of criminal sanctions

12. Imprisonment

13. Intermediate sanctions

14. Discharges and bonds, fines and disqualifications

15. The way forward - strategic sentencing.

This book explains the rules, principles, policies and practices which underpin the manner in which people are punished for criminal behaviour in Australia. It examines sentencing law in all Australian jurisdictions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521689298

xxxvii, 392 p. ; 23 cm