Community Corrections Orders offered courts the "best opportunity" to simultaneously promote the best interests of the community and the offender.
The orders could be modified to suit different offenders and "minimise the risk of re-offending by promoting the offender's rehabilitation." They had "the potential to transform sentencing in this state".
Orders were "capable of being highly punitive" depending on their length and type.
Judges should assume that the orders' conditions were "likely to be effective" for offenders, rather than concerned about the difficulties of ensuring they complied with them.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/about-us/more-offenders-could-get-community-corrections-orders-20150102-12h7po.html#ixzz3oiQaqioy
The orders could be modified to suit different offenders and "minimise the risk of re-offending by promoting the offender's rehabilitation." They had "the potential to transform sentencing in this state".
Orders were "capable of being highly punitive" depending on their length and type.
Judges should assume that the orders' conditions were "likely to be effective" for offenders, rather than concerned about the difficulties of ensuring they complied with them.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/about-us/more-offenders-could-get-community-corrections-orders-20150102-12h7po.html#ixzz3oiQaqioy