Summary: The Imposition and Enforcement of Court Fines and Infringement Penalties in Victoria is the Council's response to a government request for advice on aspects of the imposition and enforcement of court fines and infringement penalties. The report presents comprehensive data on the imposition and enforcement of court fines and infringement penalties. Among 49 recommendations...

Executive summary: The community correction order (CCO) was introduced as a sentencing option in Victoria in January 2012. The purpose of a CCO is to provide a non-custodial sentencing option that is more flexible than the orders it replaced, in particular the community-based order (CBO), the intensive correction order (ICO), and the combined custody and...

This report details Victoria's Sentencing Advisory Council's work, delivery of outputs and financial management for the year. Functions The Sentencing Advisory Council is an independent statutory body that was established in July 2004 under Part 9A of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic). The Council’s functions, as set out in section 108C(1) of that Act, are...

This report examines sentencing outcomes for contravention of family violence intervention orders in Victoria over two periods: 2004–05 to 2006–07 and 2009–10 to 2011–12.

This report examines whether sentencing influences subsequent reoffending. Introduction An important aspect of the Sentencing Advisory Council’s work is examining the effects of sentencing on an offender’s subsequent behaviour. This is one element of the more general question of whether, and to what extent, sentencing can achieve its various purposes. Information about the effects of...