Sentencing in Australia / Mirko Bagaric, Theo Alexander, Richard Edney.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2025.

11th edition

202076

Criminal Law -- Australia.

Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Criminal justice, Administration of Australia -- Australia.

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, incapacitation and rehabilitation

8. Aggravating factors

9. Mitigating factors

10. First Nations people and sentencing

11. Sentencing of children under Australian law

12. Criminal sanctions and the sentencing powers of courts

13. Imprisonment

14. Intermediate sanctions

15. Discharges and bonds, fines and disqualifications

16. Reform of sentencing law in Australia

17. Specific offences.

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. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2022.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

9780455249049

lxxi, 1071 pages ; 25 cm