Courts and Sentencing

Dr Nessa Lynch Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, nessa.lynch@vuw.ac.nz Murder, the intentional killing of another, is considered one of the most serious, if not the most serious, offences on the statute books.  The trial and punishment of...

D. Gang Monash University, msgangdaye@gmail.com International evidence demonstrates that race correlates with the duration of sentences handed down by Courts in criminal prosecutions. Australian research on racially biased sentencing has largely focused on Indigenous defendants, and has not reflected the same...

D. Gang Monash University, msgangdaye@gmail.com International evidence demonstrates that race correlates with the duration of sentences handed down by Courts in criminal prosecutions. Australian research on racially biased sentencing has largely focused on Indigenous defendants, and has not reflected the same...

Zoe Prebble Allard Hall School of Law, University of British Columbia, z.prebble@gmail.com New Zealand is considering whether to introduce a specific offence of non-fatal strangulation occurring in a family violence context. Versions of such an offence already exist in number of...

C. Gledhill Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, cfgle1@student.monash.edu Risk has become a buzzword in theorising in the last 30 years beginning with theorists such as Beck (1986) noting the rise of the ‘risk society’. More recently, a number of scholars have noted...

C. Gledhill Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, cfgle1@student.monash.edu Risk has become a buzzword in theorising in the last 30 years beginning with theorists such as Beck (1986) noting the rise of the ‘risk society’. More recently, a number of scholars have noted...

M.Travers1* 1 University of Tasmania *corresponding author: max.travers@utas.edu.au There is a quiet revolution taking place in criminal courts, as many practitioners are no longer satisfied with business as usual, and instead look for ways to address the underlying social and...

M.Travers1* 1 University of Tasmania *corresponding author: max.travers@utas.edu.au There is a quiet revolution taking place in criminal courts, as many practitioners are no longer satisfied with business as usual, and instead look for ways to address the underlying social and...

I Warren1*, D Sormaz1 and D Palmer1 1 School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University  *corresponding author: ian.warren@deakin.edu.au Courts are theatres for promoting the rule of law, due process and fairness under the criminal law. However, this paper identifies an...

I Warren1*, D Sormaz1 and D Palmer1 1 School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University  *corresponding author: ian.warren@deakin.edu.au Courts are theatres for promoting the rule of law, due process and fairness under the criminal law. However, this paper identifies an...