Most Stalking Is Family Violence Related: New Report
4 March 2022 - A report released today reveals over 25,000 stalking offences were recorded by police and nearly 7,000 were sentenced by courts in Victoria in the 10 years to 2020.
Regional Victoria Overrepresented in Intervention Orders: New Report
22 February 2022 - A report released today on breaches of personal safety intervention orders* (PSIOs) in Victoria finds that while 24% of Victoria’s population lives in rural and regional areas, 41% of applications for PSIOs are made in the regions.
New Report Reveals Substantial Increase in Offenders Aged 60+ in Victoria
15 September 2021 - A report released today finds that the number of offenders aged 60 and over being sentenced in Victoria has increased substantially over the past 10 years, well beyond the growth in this age group in the Victorian population.
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.
