Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts: Sentencing Snapshot

This Sentencing Snapshot describes sentencing outcomes for the offence of causing serious injury recklessly and details the age and gender of persons sentenced for this offence in the Supreme and County Courts of Victoria.

Author: Sentencing Advisory Council 
Place of Publication: Melbourne 
Publisher: Sentencing Advisory Council 
Date of Publication: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 
Number of Pages: No. 13: 12pp; No. 40: 8pp; No. 94: 12pp; No. 126: 12pp 
Copyright: State of Victoria, Sentencing Advisory Council, 2012

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Please note:

• In the Introduction of Snapshot number 40, the maximum penalty stated in penalty units is incorrect. The correct maximum penalty is 1800 penalty units.
• In the Introduction of Snapshot number 94, the maximum penalty stated in penalty units was incorrect. The correct maximum penalty is 1800 penalty units. The error has been corrected in the online version of the Snapshot.

• Snapshot 126 Sentencing Trends for Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts of Victoria June 2012.pdf (PDF, 152.35 KB)
• Snapshot 126 Sentencing Trends for Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts of Victoria June 2012.doc (DOC, 407.5 KB)
• Snapshot 94 Sentencing Trends for Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts of Victoria March 2010.pdf (PDF, 263.35 KB)
• Snapshot 40 Sentencing Trends for Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts of Victoria February 2008.pdf (PDF, 206.38 KB)
• Snapshot 13 Sentencing Trends for Causing Serious Injury Recklessly in the Higher Courts of Victoria September 2006.pdf (PDF, 291.68 KB)