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Australian Sentencing Principles and Practice

Name: Australian Sentencing
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521689298
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Author: Richard Edney; Mirko Bagaric
ISBN: 9780521689298

Edited by Richard Edney · Mirko Bagaric

Cambridge University Press August 2007

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780521689298
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 2007
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Australian Sentencing: Principles and Practice explains the rules, principles, policies and practices that underpin the manner in which people are punished for criminal behaviour in Australia. As well as dealing with sentencing law today, the book provides an extensive analysis of the wider policy, moral, and political consideration which shape sentencing law.

It analyses and evaluates existing standards and practices, and suggests how sentencing law should be reformed so that it operates in a fairer, more efficient and effective manner. It is an invaluable text for judicial officers, lawyers, academics and students, and is the only book that examines sentencing law across all Australian jurisdictions.

It is the only book that examines sentencing law across all Australian jurisdictions
It explains and also evaluates sentencing rules and standards
It sets out reform proposals for making sentencing a fairer and more efficient practice

Contents:: Part A:; 1. The nature of sentencing and theories of punishment; 2. Plucking figures from the air: the instinctive synthesis; 3. The objectives that are attainable through sentencing; 4. High Court sentencing jurisprudence; Part B:; 5. The principle of proportionality; 6. Aggravating factors; 7. Mitigating considerations; 8. The relevance of a guilty plea to sentence; 9. The relevance of prior criminality; 10. Aboriginality; Part C:; 11. The nature of criminal sanctions; 12. Imprisonment; 13. Intermediate sanctions; 14. Discharges and bonds, fines and disqualifications; Part D:; 15. The way forward – strategic sentencing.