Criminal Process, Sentencing and Punishment (LS 315)
Legislation and Regulations:
Corrections Act 1997 (Tas)
Corrections Act 1986 (Vic). Click on 'Victoria Law Today'. Then make sure the 'Acts' radio button is on and click on 'C'. Use the Act Number 117/1986 on the left for access to PDF, Word and earlier versions of the Corrections Act 1986.
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW)
Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2001 (NSW)
Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW)
Crimes (Serious Sex Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW)
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW)
Criminal Procedure Regulation 2005 (NSW)
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986 (NSW)
Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW)
Home Detention Act 1996 (NSW) As originally enacted
Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW)
Victims Rights Act 1996 (NSW)
Cases:
- Dinsdale v The Queen (2000) 202 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 54 (AustLII)
- Dugan v Mirror Newspapers (1978) 53 ALJR 166; (1978) 142 CLR 583; [1978] HCA 54 (AustLII)
- Esho v Parole Board Authority of NSW [2006] NSWSC 304 (Lawlink)
- Fardon v Attorney-General for the State of Queensland [2004] HCA 46 (AustLII)
- Flynn v The King (1949) 79 CLR 1; [1949] HCA 38 (AustLII)
- GAS v The Queen; SJK v The Queen [2004] HCA 22 (AustLII)
- Jonathan Patrick Lowe v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 606; [1984] HCA 46 (AustLII)
- Markarian v The Queen (2005) 215 ALR 213; [2005] HCA 25 (AustLII)
- R v Bugmy [2004] NSWCCA 258 (Lawlink)
- R v Foster [2001] NSWCCA 215 (Lawlink)
- R v MA [2001] NSWCCA 30 (Lawlink)
- R v Piccin (No. 2) [2001] NSWCCA 323 (Lawlink)
- R v Police Commissioner of the Metropolis; Ex parte Blackburn [1968] 1 All ER 763
Available online from LexisNexis Legal. In the Search box type name (commissioner and blackburn) and click the red Search button to the right of the box. - R v Said El Masri [2005] NSWCCA 167 (Lawlink)
- R v Slack [2004] NSWCCA 128 (Lawlink)
- R v Wilson [2005] NSWCCA 219 (Lawlink)
- R v Zamagias [2002] NSWCCA 17 (Lawlink)
- Supreme Court of New South Wales 'Guideline Judgments' (Lawlink)
- Veen v The Queen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465; [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 77 ALR 385 (AustLII)
- Weininger v The Queen (2003) 196 ALR 451; [2003] HCA 14 (AustLII)
- Wong v The Queen (2001) 207 CLR 584; [2001] HCA 64 (AustLII)
Journal articles:
- Craig Jones, Jiuzhao Hua, Neil Donnelly, Judy McHutchison and Kyleigh Heggie, 'Risk of Re-offending Among Parolees' (2006) Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 91 (BOCSAR)
- Declan Roche, 'Mandatory Sentencing' (1999) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 138 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Don Weatherburn, Jiuzhao Hua and Steve Moffat, 'How Much Crime Does Prison Stop? The Incapacitation Effect of Prison on Burglary' (2006) Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 93 (BOCSAR)
- Elena Marchetti and Kathleen Daly, 'Indigenous Courts and Justice Practices in Australia' (2004) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 277 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Garth Luke and Bronwyn Lind, 'Reducing Juvenile Crime: Conferencing Versus Court' (2002) Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 69 (BOCSAR)
- Georgia Brignell and Patrizia Poletti, 'Suspended Sentences in NSW' (2003) Sentencing Trends & Issues No. 29 (Judicial Commission of NSW)
- Ian MacKinnell, 'The Use of Recognizances' (1996) Sentencing Trends: An Analysis of New South Wales Sentencing Statistics (Judicial Commission of NSW)
- Ivan Potas and John Walker, 'Capital Punishment' (1987) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 3 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Ivan Potas, Simon Eyland and Jennifer Munro, 'Successful Completion Rates for Supervised Sentencing Options' (2005) Sentencing Trends & Issues No. 33 (Judicial Commission of NSW)
- Janet Chan and Deborah Oxley, 'The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Review of the Research Evidence' (2004) Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 84 (BOCSAR)
- Jerome Davidson, 'Inside Outcasts: Prisoners and the Right to Vote in Australia' (2003-04) Current Issues Brief No. 12 (Australian Parliamentary Library)
- Joan Petersilia, 'When Prisoners Return to the Community: Political, Economic and Social Consequences' (2000) Sentencing & Corrections: Issues for the 21st Century No. 9 (National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice)
- John Walker, Mark Collins and Paul Wilson, 'How the Public Sees Sentencing: An Australian Survey' (1987) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 4 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Kathleen Daly and Hennessey Hayes, 'Restorative Justice and Conferencing in Australia' (2001) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 186 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Maria Borzycki and Eileen Baldry, 'Promoting Integration: The Provision of Prisoner Post-release Services' (2003) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 262 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Matt Black and Russell G Smith, 'Electronic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System' (2003) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 254 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- NSW Ombudsman, 'On the Spot Justice? The Trial of Criminal Infringement Notices by NSW Police: Review of the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Penalty Notice Offences) Act 2002' (2005)
- Patrizia Poletti and Sumitra Vignaendra, 'Trends in the Use of s 12 Suspended Sentences' (2005) Sentencing Trends & Issues No 34. (Judicial Commission of NSW)
- Richard Edney, 'Judicial Deference to the Expertise of Prison Administrators: the Implications for Prisoners' Rights' (2001) Australian Journal of Human Rights 7(1) 91
- Richard G. Fox, 'Criminal Justice on the Spot: Infringement Penalties in Victoria' (1995) Australian Studies in Law, Crime and Justice (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Richard Fox, 'Infringement Notices: Time for Reform?' (1995) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 50 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Rowena Johns, 'Victims of Crime: Plea Bargains, Compensation, Victim Impact Statements and Support Services' 2002 Briefing Paper No. 10 (Parliament of NSW)
- Sally Traynor and Ivan Potas, 'Sentencing Methodology: Two-tiered or Instinctive Synthesis' (2002) Sentencing Trends & Issues No. 25 (Judicial Commission of NSW)
- Sumitra Vignaendra and Jacqueline Fitzgerald, 'Reoffending Among Young People Cautioned by Police or Who Participated in a Youth Justice Conference' (2006) Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 103 (BOCSAR)
- Thomas John, 'Continued Detention for the Protection of the Community' (2004) Research Note No. 16 (Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia)
- Toni Makkai, 'Drug Courts: Issues and Prospects' (1998) Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 95 (Australian Institute of Criminology)
- Tony Fabelo, '"Technocorrections": The Promises, the Uncertain Threats' (2000) Sentencing & Corrections: Issues for the 21st Century No. 5 (National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice)
Miscellaneous:
Audit Office of New South Wales, 'Performance Audit: Prisoner Rehabilitation: Department of Corrective Services' (2006)
Australian Bureau of Statistics 'Prisoners in Australia 2006'
Australian Law Reform Commission, 'Same Crime, Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders' (2006) Report 103
Australian Prisons
Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) New South Wales, 'Court Statistics'
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (AustLII)
Ivan Potas, Jane Smart, Georgia Brignell, Brendan Thomas and Rowena Lawrie, 'Circle Sentencing in New South Wales: A Review and Evaluation' (2003) Monograph 29 (Judicial Commission of NSW)
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW, 'Prosecution Guidelines' (2003)
Sam Indyk & Hugh Donnelly, 'Full-time Imprisonment in New South Wales and Other Jurisdictions: A National and International Comparison' (2007) Monograph 22 (Judicial Commission of NSW)
Sentencing Advisory Council (Victoria) 'High Risk Offenders: Post-Sentence Supervision and Detention Review' (2007)
Tony Vinson, (1997) 'Victoria's Prisons: From Solitude to Sociability: A Visitor's Guide to Pentridge Unlocked'
UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners