130810 - mandatory sentencing - accepted manuscript.docx (34.13 kB)
Mandatory sentencing? Use [with] discretion
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-20, 00:50 authored by Catherine WarnerCatherine Warner, Caroline SpiranovicCaroline Spiranovic, Freiberg, A, Davis, JWhen 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.
Funding
Australian Research Council
History
Publication title
Alternative Law JournalVolume
43Issue
4Pagination
289-294ISSN
1037-969XDepartment/School
Faculty of LawPublisher
Sage Publications Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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