Sentencing Children and Young People in Victoria covers the operation, functions, and philosophy of the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court. It presents a statistical profile of offences sentenced in the court, and identifies and analyses changes over a ten-year period (2000 to 2009 inclusive). The report also contains data on children and young people...

When sentencing an offender to a period of imprisonment of at least one year, Victorian courts ordinarily fix a non-parole period as part of the sentence. This means that, when the non-parole period expires, the Adult Parole Board has discretion to release the offender into the community to serve the remainder of the sentence on...

This statistical report examines data on the operation of sentence appeals in Victoria. In particular, the report addresses the absence of data available on sentence appeals brought by offenders and the Crown and on patterns of decision-making in sentence appeal cases heard by the Court of Appeal.

This report is the Sentencing Advisory Council’s response to a request from the Attorney-General for advice on the introduction of statutory minimum sentences for the offences of intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury when either offence is committed in circumstances of 'gross violence'. The terms of reference from the Attorney-General require advice...

This report indicates how people’s perceptions of crime can predict how confident they are in the courts and the legal system.