Threat Offences a Warning Sign of Ongoing and Future Offending, New Report Shows
28 June 2021 - A new report released today finds that threat offending is associated with exceptionally high rates of prior and subsequent offending.
Longer Prison Terms for Sex Offences, Government and Court Reforms Drive Increase
22 June 2021 - A report released today by the Sentencing Advisory Council shows that sex offences in Victoria are receiving longer prison sentences than they were 10 years ago.
New Report Examines Serious Offending by People Serving a Community Correction Order in Victoria
8 April 2021 - A report released today by the Sentencing Advisory Council finds 1.7% of people serving a community correction order (CCO) were sentenced in the four years to 30 June 2020 for a serious offence committed while serving their CCO.
New Report Finds Image-Based Sexual Abuse Strongly Linked to Family Violence
27 October 2020 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released the first study in Australia of how image-based sexual abuse is sentenced.
Two-Thirds of Children Held on Remand Aren’t Ultimately Sentenced to Detention: New Report
29 September 2020 - The Sentencing Advisory Council today released a report examining case outcomes for children held on remand* in Victoria in 2017–18. It reveals that two-thirds of remanded children did not receive a custodial sentence.
New Report Finds under 2% of People on a Community Correction Order Were Sentenced for Committing a Serious Offence while Serving Their Order
30 June 2020 - 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.
Report Reveals Role of Trauma in Childhood Offending: Reforms Canvassed to More Holistically Address Causes of Children’s Offending and Better Protect the Community
2 June 2020 - 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.
Victorians Invited to Experience How Courts Sentence Crime in the Council’s First Ever Online You be the Judge Session
27 April 2020 - The Sentencing Advisory Council’s popular You be the Judge educational session will be delivered online via Zoom for Law Week 2020.
Most Crossover Kids Known to Child Protection Services before They Start Offending, Regional Victoria Most Affected: New Report
2 April 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.
Growth in Victoria’s Remand Population Is Driving Increase in Prison Sentences: New Report
4 February 2020 - 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.
