Hypothesis: although indefinite sentencing appears to ignore the rights of the individual in favour of the protection of the community; as one item of choice in a raft of sentencing options, it has improved the capacity of the criminal justice system to protect individual rights and keep peace and order in society.
The Criminal Justice system is a system of laws and rulings aiming to protect community members and their property. It determines which events causing injury or offence to community members are criminal offences. Criminal offenders may be punished through the law by fines, imprisonment or community service.
The human rights in Australia have been developed under the Australian Parliament and fortified by institutions of …show more content…
There is a maximum penalty set for each crime normally with a greater penalty brought forward if the offence takes place with aggravation. In some cases the Australian Government may introduce special legislation to fight a particular type of crime, for example, hooning in an area where a special legislation has been passed. A hooning offence has a maximum of 40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment and the vehicle you were driving can be impounded or immobilised for 90 days.
The Australian sentencing legislation includes a list of traditional sentencing purposes without according to any propriety to a single purpose. For example, in the sentencing acts 1991 (Vic) the only purpose for which a sentence may imposed are punishment, denunciation, rehabilitation, community protection and deterrence or any combination of two or more of those purposes.
The criminal code act of Australia is generally supervised by individual jurisdictions in the Commonwealth of Australia. The jurisdictions include the six sates, with only a small subset of criminal activities reserved for Commonwealth government to
The Criminal Justice system is a system of laws and rulings aiming to protect community members and their property. It determines which events causing injury or offence to community members are criminal offences. Criminal offenders may be punished through the law by fines, imprisonment or community service.
The human rights in Australia have been developed under the Australian Parliament and fortified by institutions of …show more content…
There is a maximum penalty set for each crime normally with a greater penalty brought forward if the offence takes place with aggravation. In some cases the Australian Government may introduce special legislation to fight a particular type of crime, for example, hooning in an area where a special legislation has been passed. A hooning offence has a maximum of 40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment and the vehicle you were driving can be impounded or immobilised for 90 days.
The Australian sentencing legislation includes a list of traditional sentencing purposes without according to any propriety to a single purpose. For example, in the sentencing acts 1991 (Vic) the only purpose for which a sentence may imposed are punishment, denunciation, rehabilitation, community protection and deterrence or any combination of two or more of those purposes.
The criminal code act of Australia is generally supervised by individual jurisdictions in the Commonwealth of Australia. The jurisdictions include the six sates, with only a small subset of criminal activities reserved for Commonwealth government to