Executive summary: This report has been prepared to assist the courts and those working in the criminal justice system to understand the operation of baseline medians as set out in the Sentencing Amendment (Baseline Sentences) Act 2014 (Vic) (‘the Act’) and some of the implications for current sentencing practices. The Act provides that the baseline...

With the volume of digital forensic evidence rapidly increasing, this paper proposes a data reduction and data mining framework that incorporates a process of reducing data volume by focusing on a subset of information. Foreword The volume of digital forensic evidence is rapidly increasing, leading to large backlogs. In this paper, a Digital Forensic Data...

Summary: Over the last twelve months the total number of prisoners across Australia jumped 11% to 34,000. These are the figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Why is this happening? Is it a reaction to a crime wave? Are there better ways to tackle crime? In a Forum held at the...

This study finds evidence that parole is effective in reducing the risk of re-offending in Australia. Executive summary The current study sought to address four questions of importance to correctional policy: 1. Does unconditional release increase the risk, speed or seriousness of further offending compared with conditional release? 2. Does unconditional release increase the likelihood...

This is the first study to evaluate the effectiveness of parole supervision in Australia. Foreword Although more than 12,000 offenders are on parole at any given time, little is known about the effectiveness of parole supervision in reducing reoffending. The few studies that have been conducted involve samples of parolees released from prison in other...