Outlines how Victorian courts (judges and magistrates) decide which sentence to impose on offenders. When sentencing offenders, a court decides what consequences offenders will face for what they have done. The focus of this guide is on Victorian courts. While some of what is described applies generally in other Australian states and territories, there are...

Using both quantitative and qualitative analyses of judges’ sentencing remarks, this paper examines community correction orders imposed by Victorian higher courts in the 18 months to June 2013.

Examines how community-based order conditions were used in the Magistrates’ Court between July 2007 and June 2009 and how offender and offence characteristics differ for offenders who did and did not receive supervision. Executive summary This report examines the relationship between conditions imposed on offenders as part of a community-based sentence and subsequent reoffending. Specifically...

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...

Summary: The Imposition and Enforcement of Court Fines and Infringement Penalties in Victoria is the Council's response to a government request for advice on aspects of the imposition and enforcement of court fines and infringement penalties. The report presents comprehensive data on the imposition and enforcement of court fines and infringement penalties. Among 49 recommendations...