Sentencing: Principles Perspectives and Possibilities Conference
(February 2006)
Papers
SESSION 1: TWENTY
YEARS OF CHANGES IN THE SENTENCING ENVIRONMENT AND COURTS’ RESPONSES
Prof ARIE FREIBERG Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University
SESSION 2: PERSPECTIVES ON THE SENTENCING PROCESS
Sentencing
aims from the perspective of a judicial officer
Justice FRANK VINCENT Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria
Judges’
attitudes and perceptions toward the sentencing process
A/Prof GERALDINE MACKENZIE School of Law, QUT
Public
attitudes, the media and the politics of sentencing reform
Dr DAVID INDERMAUR Crime Research Centre, UWA
SESSION 3: THE IMPACT OF SENTENCING
The impact
of sentencing on the offender
Prof JAMES OGLOFF School of Psychological Medicine, Monash University
The
impact of prison on crime
Dr DON WEATHERBURN PSM Director, Bureau of Crime Statistics, NSW
SESSION 4A: SENTENCING DISCRETION & GUIDELINE JUDGMENTS
Guideline
judgments and standard minimum sentencing—an uneasy alliance in
the Way of the future
Dr JOHN ANDERSON School of Business & Law, University of Newcastle
Empirical
research on judicial attitudes to guideline sentencing
Mr PERRI TIMMINS Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
SESSION 4B: RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY SENTIMENT & THE MEDIA
Judging
in regional Queensland
Judge JOHN ROBERTSON District Court, Queensland
Sentencing
as situated decision-making
A/Prof JEANETTE LAWRENCE School of Behavioural Science, University of
Melbourne
Do courts respond to the
media in sentencing offenders?
Mr MICHAEL PELLY The Sydney Morning Herald
The
High Court and changes in the sentencing environment
The Hon Sir GERARD BRENNAN AC KBE Former Chief Justice of the High Court
of Australia
SESSION 5B: SENTENCING FOR PARTICULAR OFFENCES
Sentencing
for child sexual assault offences
Mr IVAN POTAS Judicial Commission of NSW
Sentencing
drug offenders
Judge ROGER DIVE Drug Court of NSW
The sentencing
of corporate offenders
Mr DAMIAN BUGG AM QC Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
SESSION 6A: THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE
Problem
solving court programs in Western Australia
Magistrate MICHAEL KING Magistrates Court of WA
Meaningless
versus meaningful sentences: Sentencing the unsentenceable
Deputy Chief Magistrate JELENA POPOVIC Magistrates Court of Victoria
Applying
therapeutic jurisprudence principles in sentencing: Courts, corrections
and beyond
Ms ASTRID BIRGDEN Department of Justice, Victoria
SESSION 6B: VICTIMS OF CRIME
The relevance
of victim impact statements to sentencing decisions
A/Prof SAM GARKAWE School of Law & Justice, Southern Cross University
Victims
of crime, vulnerable citizens and the criminal justice paradigm
Ms TRACEY BOOTH School of Law, University of Western Sydney
Evolving
mechanisms for engaging victims in the sentencing process: Should victims
have a stronger voice in court?
Mr MICHAEL O'CONNELL Victims of Crime Coordinator, Department of
Justice, SA
SESSION 7: VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND SENTENCING
Human
rights aspects of sentencing
Justice TERRY CONNOLLY Supreme Court of the ACT
The role
of the mental health professional in the sentencing process
A/Prof SANDY SIMPSON Auckland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Service, New
Zealand
SESSION 9: CURRENT RESEARCH IN SENTENCING
Sentencing
research in Australia
Prof KATE WARNER Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
Psychological
research on the sentencing process
Prof JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY School of Law, University of New South Wales
SESSION 10: FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
The role
of Sentencing Advisory Councils
Hon ALAN ABADEE RFD QC Sentencing Council of New South Wales
Reform
of the law of sentencing for Commonwealth offences
Mr BRIAN OPESKIN Australian Law Reform Commission
Intuitive
synthesis or the structured approach?
Justice DEAN MILDREN RFD Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
|
