Sentencing and public confidence: Results from a national Australian survey on public opinions towards sentencing

Sentencing and public confidence: Results from a national Australian survey on public opinions towards sentencing

This paper examines the critical issue of public confidence in sentencing, and presents findings from Phase I of an Australia-wide sentencing and public confidence project. Phase I comprised a nationally representative telephone survey of 6005 participants. The majority of respondents expressed high...

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Main Authors: Mackenzie, G., Spiranovic, C., Warner, K., Stobbs, N., Gelb, K., Roberts, Lynne, Broadhurst, R., Bouhours, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Sage 2012
Subjects:
confidence in sentencing
punitiveness
leniency in sentencing
survey
public opinion
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29869

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