There are many causes of over-representation of Koori people in Victoria’s prisons. The findings of this report show that it is influenced by Koori people being more likely to be sent to prison. This difference may be influenced by Koori people being more likely to have been in both the youth justice system and the...

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...

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

This report, the first of two on the sentencing of Indigenous people in Victoria, presents a descriptive profile of the Koori Court.