Media Releases

A new report released today by the Sentencing Advisory Council has found that under 2% of people serving a community correction order (CCO) were sentenced for a serious offence in 2018–19 that had been committed while on the CCO.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today released the third and final report in its series on crossover kids: children sentenced or diverted in the Children’s Court of Victoria who are also known to the Child Protection Service.

The Sentencing Advisory Council’s popular You be the Judge educational session will be delivered online via Zoom for Law Week 2020.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today released its second report on ‘crossover kids’, children who have had contact with both the child protection system and the youth justice system.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today has released a report examining the 640% increase in Victorian courts’ use of time served prison sentences – sentences of imprisonment equal to the time the offender has already spent on remand – over the past seven years.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a review of scientific evidence and current law on the sentencing of young adults in Victoria, along with options that could be used to supplement current approaches to sentencing this age group.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a report examining how Victorian courts are considering the likely deportation of offenders as a factor in sentencing.

The Sentencing Advisory Council will deliver free public You be the Judge sessions in Northeast Victoria in late October 2019.

The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a report showing that nearly 40% of children sentenced or diverted in the Children’s Court of Victoria in 2016 and 2017 had been the subject of at least one report to the Victorian child protection service.

Australia’s foremost expert on sentencing law, Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg AM, will deliver a free public presentation on sentencing on Saturday 18 May 2019 as part of Law Week.