Advice on the legislative and governance models under the Serious
... This report was commissioned by the Minister for Corrections (the Hon. Wade Noonan, MP) in May 2015. We, as members of the Panel appointed to compile the report, came to the task equipped with some relevant professional experience. None of us, however, has spent a professional lifetime within the ve ...
... This report was commissioned by the Minister for Corrections (the Hon. Wade Noonan, MP) in May 2015. We, as members of the Panel appointed to compile the report, came to the task equipped with some relevant professional experience. None of us, however, has spent a professional lifetime within the ve ...
Post-Sentence Supervision and Detention
... whose sentences have expired but who are still considered to be dangerous. Over recent years particular attention has been focused upon sex offenders whose offending has been of great community concern. One response has been to create continuing detention or supervision schemes which extend the stat ...
... whose sentences have expired but who are still considered to be dangerous. Over recent years particular attention has been focused upon sex offenders whose offending has been of great community concern. One response has been to create continuing detention or supervision schemes which extend the stat ...
Issues Paper 29 Sentencing of Federal Offenders
... the characteristics of an efficient, effective and appropriate regime for the administration of federal offenders, and whether this could or should vary according to the place of trial or detention ...
... the characteristics of an efficient, effective and appropriate regime for the administration of federal offenders, and whether this could or should vary according to the place of trial or detention ...
Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and
... 1.2 The overall context of violent extremism Violent extremism is an affront to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. It undermines peace and security, human rights and sustainable development. No country or region is immune from its impacts ... Violent extremism is a diverse phenomeno ...
... 1.2 The overall context of violent extremism Violent extremism is an affront to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. It undermines peace and security, human rights and sustainable development. No country or region is immune from its impacts ... Violent extremism is a diverse phenomeno ...
The Costs of Abusing Probationary Sentences
... lost. The second and more disturbing consequence is the creation of a shadow criminal justice system in which an extraordinary percentage of criminal charges is resolved not through our normal adjudicative process, but rather through a probation violation process that runs roughshod over the constit ...
... lost. The second and more disturbing consequence is the creation of a shadow criminal justice system in which an extraordinary percentage of criminal charges is resolved not through our normal adjudicative process, but rather through a probation violation process that runs roughshod over the constit ...
Conviction and Sentencing of Offenders in New
... on New Zealand criminal court proceedings and sentencing, and is recognised as part of the Tier 1 statistics in Statistics New Zealand’s official statistics programme. The Ministry of Justice is committed to supplying high quality policy advice on a range of criminal justice issues, and this report ...
... on New Zealand criminal court proceedings and sentencing, and is recognised as part of the Tier 1 statistics in Statistics New Zealand’s official statistics programme. The Ministry of Justice is committed to supplying high quality policy advice on a range of criminal justice issues, and this report ...
Reforming Sentencing and Corrections Policy
... At the system level, outcomes of interest include corrections population counts, averted costs or savings resulting from reforms, and dollars reinvested in proven public safety strategies. PRISON POPULATION TRENDS Many reforms enacted through JRI aimed to limit incarceration where appropriate. As a ...
... At the system level, outcomes of interest include corrections population counts, averted costs or savings resulting from reforms, and dollars reinvested in proven public safety strategies. PRISON POPULATION TRENDS Many reforms enacted through JRI aimed to limit incarceration where appropriate. As a ...
Suspended Sentences: Discussion Paper
... Should courts be able to attach conditions to suspended sentence orders? If so: (a) Should the power to attach conditions be able to be exercised in all cases or only for defined offences and/or offenders (and how should these be defined)? (b) What sorts of conditions should be available? (c) Should ...
... Should courts be able to attach conditions to suspended sentence orders? If so: (a) Should the power to attach conditions be able to be exercised in all cases or only for defined offences and/or offenders (and how should these be defined)? (b) What sorts of conditions should be available? (c) Should ...
NCSC Sentencing Survey Report - National Center for State Courts
... when it needs to be to ensure public safety, but more flexible in dealing with offenders deemed less threatening to society or when rehabilitation might be better achieved through means other than incarceration. While people may not agree on all of the details, there is surprising consensus about va ...
... when it needs to be to ensure public safety, but more flexible in dealing with offenders deemed less threatening to society or when rehabilitation might be better achieved through means other than incarceration. While people may not agree on all of the details, there is surprising consensus about va ...
Corrections Victoria, Department of Justice and Disability Services
... effectively to offenders who have a disability. There is a shared vision to assist offenders with a disability adopt a crime free lifestyle – this offers the opportunity for improved individual outcomes, which in turn enhances community safety, through reducing recidivism and harm minimisation. The ...
... effectively to offenders who have a disability. There is a shared vision to assist offenders with a disability adopt a crime free lifestyle – this offers the opportunity for improved individual outcomes, which in turn enhances community safety, through reducing recidivism and harm minimisation. The ...
Wealthy “Justice”
... Guidelines were merely advisory and not mandatory, but judges were still required to consider the sentencing ranges recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines when sentencing a defendant.32 Between taking into account the Sentencing Guidelines, mandatory minimums, statute ranges, and ThreeStrikes Laws ...
... Guidelines were merely advisory and not mandatory, but judges were still required to consider the sentencing ranges recommended by the Sentencing Guidelines when sentencing a defendant.32 Between taking into account the Sentencing Guidelines, mandatory minimums, statute ranges, and ThreeStrikes Laws ...
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions
... these consequences;8 attorneys in some jurisdictions have addressed the possibility that these consequences will attach by informing clients about them and negotiating plea agreements that take such consequences into consideration;9 and lawmakers have recently called for the examination of these con ...
... these consequences;8 attorneys in some jurisdictions have addressed the possibility that these consequences will attach by informing clients about them and negotiating plea agreements that take such consequences into consideration;9 and lawmakers have recently called for the examination of these con ...
Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
... Data on the risk of becoming a victim of crime by demographic characteristics is from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The CSEW includes data on race, disability, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation and marital status for victims of crime. The CSEW does not include data on the fo ...
... Data on the risk of becoming a victim of crime by demographic characteristics is from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The CSEW includes data on race, disability, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation and marital status for victims of crime. The CSEW does not include data on the fo ...
Conditioning the President`s Conditional Pardon Power
... conditional pardons and commutations. As the Court observed in Ex parte Wells,2 the pardon power "is frequently conditional, as [the president] may extend his mercy upon what terms he pleases, and annex to his bounty a condition precedent or subsequent, on the performance of which the valid' 22 ity ...
... conditional pardons and commutations. As the Court observed in Ex parte Wells,2 the pardon power "is frequently conditional, as [the president] may extend his mercy upon what terms he pleases, and annex to his bounty a condition precedent or subsequent, on the performance of which the valid' 22 ity ...
Suspended Sentences Final Report Part 2
... The Council thanks the following people and organisations for their assistance in the provision of information and the preparation of this report: Australian Community Support Association, Corrective Services (Department of Justice [Vic.]), Court Services, Statistical Services Unit (Department of Ju ...
... The Council thanks the following people and organisations for their assistance in the provision of information and the preparation of this report: Australian Community Support Association, Corrective Services (Department of Justice [Vic.]), Court Services, Statistical Services Unit (Department of Ju ...
Abraham`s Legacy: An Empirical Assessment of (Nearly)
... much of the Sentencing Commission's work is driven by public sentiment—whether directly expressed or indirectly funneled through their duly elected representatives. To this end, it is vital for the Commission to provide accurate data and information to Congress and to the public at large to inform p ...
... much of the Sentencing Commission's work is driven by public sentiment—whether directly expressed or indirectly funneled through their duly elected representatives. To this end, it is vital for the Commission to provide accurate data and information to Congress and to the public at large to inform p ...
Vol 5, Issue 2 - National Association of Sentencing Commissions
... treatment if the offender voluntarily quits or is dismissed from treatment by a judicial finding. Acknowledging the complexity of substance abuse recovery, the legislation also addresses condition violations that are related to recovery and relapse by responding with modified or intensified levels o ...
... treatment if the offender voluntarily quits or is dismissed from treatment by a judicial finding. Acknowledging the complexity of substance abuse recovery, the legislation also addresses condition violations that are related to recovery and relapse by responding with modified or intensified levels o ...
Summary table of sentences in counterfeiting cases
... When the sentence was handed down, the judge took the following aggravating factors into account: the large amount of material and equipment needed to make counterfeit money; the fact that Mr. Crocker was running a marijuana-growing operation in a residential apartment; the dangerous manner in which ...
... When the sentence was handed down, the judge took the following aggravating factors into account: the large amount of material and equipment needed to make counterfeit money; the fact that Mr. Crocker was running a marijuana-growing operation in a residential apartment; the dangerous manner in which ...
Reinventing the President`s Pardon Power
... this young century when, on July 2, 2007, President Bush commuted the prison sentence imposed on White House Aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.1 Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, had been convicted the previous March of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the leak o ...
... this young century when, on July 2, 2007, President Bush commuted the prison sentence imposed on White House Aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.1 Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, had been convicted the previous March of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the leak o ...
- Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
... increased the cost. Allowing judges to sentence offenders directly to transportation expanded its use, but the Act also required shippers to keep convicts in leg irons and under guard until they were disposed of in the colonies. Still, there was a strong demand for convict labor in the colonies; con ...
... increased the cost. Allowing judges to sentence offenders directly to transportation expanded its use, but the Act also required shippers to keep convicts in leg irons and under guard until they were disposed of in the colonies. Still, there was a strong demand for convict labor in the colonies; con ...
Due Process and Probation Revocation: The Written Statement
... total of 581,609. See United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 1987, Bulletin NCJ-110331, at 1 (Wash., D.C. Dept. of Justice, Apr. 1988) [hereinafter Prisoners in 1987]. The decrease in the number of facilities available to house these offenders, compounded the ...
... total of 581,609. See United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 1987, Bulletin NCJ-110331, at 1 (Wash., D.C. Dept. of Justice, Apr. 1988) [hereinafter Prisoners in 1987]. The decrease in the number of facilities available to house these offenders, compounded the ...
High Risk Offenders Post Sentence Supervision and Detention
... Most serious violent and sex offenders do not have previous convictions for violence or sexual offences and do not go on to be convicted for further violent or sexual offending.6 In fact, a review of studies examining recorded recidivism rates of sex offenders found that only 13.4 per cent committed ...
... Most serious violent and sex offenders do not have previous convictions for violence or sexual offences and do not go on to be convicted for further violent or sexual offending.6 In fact, a review of studies examining recorded recidivism rates of sex offenders found that only 13.4 per cent committed ...
Suspended Sentences Final Report
... Few issues have divided the community as strongly as suspended sentences. Views on this matter are widely divergent and strongly held. This sentence polarises opinions and provokes high emotion. Justice is a deeply felt issue, and properly so. The release of our Discussion Paper in April 2005 and ou ...
... Few issues have divided the community as strongly as suspended sentences. Views on this matter are widely divergent and strongly held. This sentence polarises opinions and provokes high emotion. Justice is a deeply felt issue, and properly so. The release of our Discussion Paper in April 2005 and ou ...
Second Chance Act
... mandatory sentencing, which denied the court case-by-case discretion in sentencing. The growth of drug related offenders filling prisons continued as the War on Drugs pressed on through the 80’s. “The presidency of Ronald Reagan marked the start of a long period of skyrocketing rates of incarcerati ...
... mandatory sentencing, which denied the court case-by-case discretion in sentencing. The growth of drug related offenders filling prisons continued as the War on Drugs pressed on through the 80’s. “The presidency of Ronald Reagan marked the start of a long period of skyrocketing rates of incarcerati ...