Prison sentences
Alternative labels
Imprisonment
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.
Discussion paper
A Sentencing Guidelines Council for Victoria: issues paper
The Sentencing Advisory Council has released this issues paper and an online survey, seeking stakeholder and community views on the creation of a Sentencing Guidelines Council in Victoria.
Report
NSW Custody Statistics quarterly update September 2017
Presents 24 months of reception, discharge and custody population data for prisons in New South Wales.
Article
Is Victoria’s sentencing regime really more lenient?
An overriding focus on increasing sentences may not necessarily be the best means of redressing the harm caused by sex offences, writes Lorana Bartels.
Report
Intensive correction orders versus short prison sentence: a comparison of re-offending
This resource compares re-offending rates in NSW between those who received an intensive correction order (ICO) and those who received short prison sentence (less than two years).