Description
Sentencing in Australia is a leading text in this area of the law. In this 11th edition, the work has been recast to explain the complex nuances of sentencing principle and practice in a manner which enables sentencing law to be understood from an academic as well as a practical perspective. Sentence appeals constitute the vast majority of the work of appellate courts and this title provides a thorough, coherent, and much needed explication of this complex area, which often involves a wide range of interacting and sometimes competing factors.
The 11th edition develops and significantly updates the content relating to:
- criminal sanctions;
- sentencing decision-making;
- mitigating factors;
- the sentencing of First Nation offenders;
- up-to-date review of all of the important sentencing decisions.
This text is ideal for practitioners who need a ready answer to general sentencing questions and is an excellent teaching tool providing law students with essential information about sentencing law.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of sentencing law in Australia
2. Punishment, sentencing and the nature of criminal sanctions
3. Judicial reasoning in sentencing: instinctive synthesis, statutory and curial incursions
4. Sentencing hearings: procedural and evidential matters
5. Sentencing appeals
6. The principle of proportionality
7. The main sentencing objectives: general and specific deterrence, incapacitatio and rehabilitation
8. Aggravating factors
9. Mitigating factors
10. Indigenous background and sentencing
11. Sentencing of children under Australian law
12. Criminal sanctions and the sentencing power of courts
13. Imprisonment
14. Intermediate sanctions
15. Discharges and bonds, fines and disqualifications
16. Reform of sentencing law in Australia
17. Specific offences
Criminal Law