دورية أكاديمية
Sentencing inconsistencies: a case study
| العنوان: | Sentencing inconsistencies: a case study |
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| المؤلفون: | Farmer, Clare, Parsons, Ian, Bagaric, Mirko |
| المساهمون: | Swinburne University of Technology |
| المصدر: | Australian Law Journal, Vol. 92, no. 7 (2018), pp. 517-528 |
| بيانات النشر: | Lawbook Co. / Thomson Reuters |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | Swinburne University of Technology: Swinburne Research Bank |
| الوصف: | The approach to sentencing determinations in Australia is termed the "instinctive synthesis". This involves a largely discretionary judgment whereby courts determine all relevant considerations and then prescribe a designated penalty. The hallmark of this approach is that courts are not permitted to set out the weight that is accorded to any particular consideration. Instead, a global judgment is made regarding the appropriate penalty. This approach has been criticised for lacking in transparency and consistency, but there has been little empirical testing of such assertions. This article adds to the literature in this area by reporting the findings of a wide-ranging study into sentencing outcomes for driving offences in four courts in Victoria. The study is significant because it relates to over 12,000 sentencing determinations over a four-year period and compares sentencing outcomes in a single jurisdiction – where identical legal principles and rules operate. It notes that there is a high degree of inconsistency regarding sentencing outcomes between the courts, with the use of imprisonment in one court three times higher than in another. The results of the study cast doubt over the legitimacy of the instinctive synthesis approach, from the perspective of securing the rule of law virtues of consistency and predictability. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| العلاقة: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/445269Test; http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2018/08/29/australian-law-journal-update-vol-92-pt-7Test/ |
| الإتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/445269Test http://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/2018/08/29/australian-law-journal-update-vol-92-pt-7Test/ |
| حقوق: | Copyright © 2018 Thomson Reuters. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.E5FAE464 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |