Organisation
Sentencing Advisory Council (Vic)
Owning Institution:
Report
Sentence appeals in Victoria: second statistical research report
In this second statistical report on sentence appeals in Victoria, the Council identifies all cases originally sentenced in the County Court and the Supreme Court between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 and describes the outcomes for those cases in which the sentence was appealed and finalised between 1 July 2013 and 31 July...
Report
Trends in minor drug offences sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
In this report, the Council analysed trends for offences of possession or use of small quantities of illicit drugs sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2017. The Council sought to identify shifts in the drug types minor drug offenders used, the sentences minor drug offenders received and the sorts...
Report
A Sentencing Guidelines Council for Victoria: report
The Victorian government plans on introducing legislation in 2018 to establish a Sentencing Guidelines Council. This report makes a number of recommendations in relation to key features of the council, as well as the sentencing guidelines it would create.
Discussion paper
Restitution and Compensation Orders: issues and options paper
This issues and options paper forms part of the review of restitution and compensation orders in Victoria.
Report
Theft: sentencing outcomes in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
This resource provides a statistical overview of five kinds of theft offences sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria between 2012–13 and 2016–17.