This paper addresses the debate on Northern Territory mandatory sentencing laws by surveying the regional institutional structures that have emerged in other parts of the world to bind governments to […]

This paper provides an overview of international human rights standards relevant to mandatory sentencing, which include various provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on […]

The Sentencing Spotlight examines sentencing outcomes for choking, suffocation or strangulation in a domestic setting offences under s 315A of the Criminal Code (QLD) finalised in Queensland courts between 2016-17 […]

The decision of R v Fernando remains one of the most influential decisions on the relationship between Aboriginality and sentencing under Australian criminal law. The eight proposed sentencing principles, as […]

This review of the impact of Western Australia’s three strikes mandatory sentencing laws for repeat home burglars finds that the laws are fundamentally flawed. Based on an analysis of cases […]

Australia’s criminal justice system is, for the most part, the model inherited from the British justice system. This model consistently yields high rates of recidivism by Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]

Currently in Western Australia, there appears to be a greater level of innovation occurring in Magistrates Courts rather than the Superior Courts. This paper explores specific areas of innovation which […]

This report examines the link between sentencing in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria and the over-representation of Koori people in Victoria’s prisons. The focus of this examination is a comparison […]

The Nowra Circle Sentencing Court was established in 2002 and has had numerous successes during its operation. This court sits within the traditional court system and has a Magistrate hand […]