1. The process of sentencing reform -- 2. The evolution of Victorian sentencing law -- 3. The decline of the prison -- 4. Factors influencing imprisonment rates -- 5. Sentencing patterns and imprisonment rates -- 6. Substitutional sanctions -- 7. Alternative sanctions : community corrections order -- 8. Financial and other sanctions -- 9. Truth and its consequences : the 1991 and 1993 reforms to sentence administration -- 10. Sentencing and penal change
Analysis
Cases (Law)
Crime rate
History
Imprisonment
Imprisonment alternatives
Interstate comparisons
Reform
Sentencing
Social change
State issue
Victoria
Notes
Original grantee: Professor Arie Freiberg
Project originally titled: An evaluation of the impact of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) and the Corrections (Remissions) Act 1991 (Vic) upon sentencing practices and custodial populations
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-221) and index
