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Part IB of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)
Table of Cases
User Guide
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1 Introduction to Part IB of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)
- How to use the Guide to Commonwealth Sentencing 'Principles and Practice'
- Legislation: Index of Provisions in Part IB of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)
- Table of Cases
2 General Sentencing Principles
- Sentencing Factors: s 16A(1) and (2)
- Totality Principle
- One Transaction Rule
- Double Punishment
- Taking Other Offences Into Account
- Aggregate Sentences
- Options without Proceeding to Conviction
- Conditional Release after Conviction
- Fines
- Additional Sentencing Alternatives (eg. Community Based Orders)
- Custodial Sentence
- Hospital Orders
- Psychiatric Probation Orders
- Program
Probation Orders
5 Particular Issues in Sentencing
- Conditional Release on Parole or Licence
- Commencement and Pre-Sentence Custody
- Cumulative, Partly Cumulative and Concurrent Sentences
- Non-Parole Periods and Recognizance Release Orders
- Pre-Release Schemes and Leave of Absence
- Mercy
- Aggregate Sentences
- Victim Impact Statements
6 Categories of Federal Offenders
- Indigenous Offenders
- Corporations
- Child or Young Person
- Offenders with Family and Dependants
- Offenders liable for Deportation
- Offenders with a Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability