Sentencing in Australia / Mirko Bagaric [and] Richard Edney.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2014.

1st edition

84003

Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. The sentencing landscape

Punishment and sentencing

Judicial reasoning in sentencing and moves to greater consistency

Procedural and evidential matters of the sentencing hearing

High court sentecing jurisprudence

The principle of proportionality

The main objectives of sentencing

Aggravating factors

Mitigating considerations

Aboriginality

The nature of criminal sanctions

Imprisonment

Intermediate sanctions

Discharges and bonds, fines and disqualification

The way forward - strategic sentencing.

This is the first Australian based comprehensive consideration of sentencing principles to be combined in a text book. The work has a consideration of the jurisprudence of the topic and underlying rationales which have been identified by the High Court over time. It has a unique part which analyses the empirical data regarding the efficacy of sentencing to achieve its stated objects.

Table of contents is taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780455232409

xliv, 640 p. ; 25 cm