Sentencing Advisory Council Queensland
Consultation session in Cairns for the child sexual offences project Read more on Cairns consultation?
National gathering of Australian Sentencing Advisory Councils, Brisbane 26 Mar 2012 Read more on National gathering of Australian Sentencing Advisory Councils, Brisbane 26 Mar 2012?
The Council has experts in policing, criminal law, juvenile & Indigenous justice. Read more on Sentencing Advisory Council members?
The Sentencing Advisory Council's secretariat staff Read more on Sentencing Advisory Council secretariat?
New research profiles: sentencing in Qld research
The Sentencing Advisory Council has released the first of a series of papers containing previously unpublished data on sentencing in Queensland.
The Council's first sentencing profile investigates Queensland Court Outcomes 2006-10.
Upcoming profiles will provide statistical information on the sentencing of particular groups of offenders (such as juveniles) and specific offences (such as murder and manslaughter).
The citizen as judge in the Netherlands
All over the world people tend to criticise judges for being too lenient. What would happen if citizens were asked to decide a sentence instead?
Find out what Dutch citizens had to say about sentencing when asked to choose between imprisonment, community service orders, fines and repaying damages.
Henk Elffers from the Netherlands Institute into the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement presented his findings at a seminar hosted by the Sentencing Advisory Council. Read more
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