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Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion

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posted on 2023-05-20, 00:50 authored by Catherine WarnerCatherine Warner, Caroline SpiranovicCaroline Spiranovic, Freiberg, A, Davis, J
When asked about sentencing discretion and mandatory sentences, jurors participating in the Victorian Jury Sentencing Study expressed strong support for sentencing discretion and weak support for mandatory sentences despite a belief by jurors that, in general, sentences are too lenient. This strengthens the argument that polls that pose a general question about mandatory sentences or sentencing severity divorced from the context of a specific case are an inadequate and misleading measure of public opinion.

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Australian Research Council

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Publication title

Alternative Law Journal

Volume

43

Issue

4

Pagination

289-294

ISSN

1037-969X

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2018 The Author(s)

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Legal processes; Justice and the law not elsewhere classified

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