Australia: Exercising Discretion in Sentencing Policy and Practice
Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2010
Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010/65
11 Pages Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Date Written: 2010
Abstract
The common law world of sentencing faces a number of perennial issues: “discretion, disparity, desert, severity and veracity” to name just a few. Like many examination questions in law schools, the questions may stay the same but the answers are likely to vary from year to year and from place to place. This article reviews Australian approaches to these underlying sentencing problems over the past three decades.
Keywords: sentencing, jurisdictions, discretion, United States, Australia, proportionality, plea bargaining
JEL Classification: K00, K10, K14, K19, K20, K29, K30, K39, K40, K42, K41, K49
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