Mandatory sentencing? : use [with] discretion / Kate Warner, Caroline Spiranovic, Arie Freiberg, Julia Davis.

Clayton, Vic. : Monash University, 2018.

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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Mandatory sentences -- Australia.

Mandatory senteces -- Public opinion -- Victoria.

When asked about sentencing discretion and mandatory sentences, jurors participating in the Victorian Jury SentencingStudy expressed strong support for sentencing discretion and weak support for mandatory sentences despite a belief by jurors that, in general, sentences are too lenient. This strengthens the argument that polls that pose a general questionabout mandatory sentences or sentencing severity divorced from the context of a specific case are an inadequate and misleading measure of public opinion. - Abstract.

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