This report analyses the sentencing of category A and B serious youth offences from their introduction in February 2018 to 30 June 2024. It identifies the most common offences sentenced in Victorian courts, the sentences imposed on children and young people, and the age and gender of children and young people who committed those offences.

A final report on the review of criminal defences in the Criminal Code in Queensland. It examined self-defence, provocation to assault, killing on provocation, killing for preservation in an abusive domestic relationship and domestic discipline. It also considered reforms to practices or procedures relating to those defences or excuses. The report makes 36 recommendations.

This report examines Commonwealth offences sentenced in Victoria’s adult courts in the five years to 30 June 2023. It identifies the agencies that prosecuted Commonwealth offences, the demographics of federal offenders, the sentence types imposed for Commonwealth offences and the most commonly sentenced Commonwealth offences in Victoria.

This factsheet reports on the number of people sentenced in Victorian courts in 2023–24 for committing a serious offence while serving a community correction order. Serious offences include serious violent offences and sexual offences. The three most common serious offences were: make threat to kill, aggravated burglary and make threat to inflict serious injury.

Australia’s reliance on incarceration for a wide range of offences has come at a significant financial cost to taxpayers while failing to improve community safety. This report outlines the cost of prisons, trends in incarnation, the incarceration of non-violent offenders and recommendations for reform. It finds the reliance on incarcerating non-violent offenders is straining prison...