- Grade: HSC
- Subject: Legal Studies
- Resource type: Essay
- Written by: JienNien Lee
- Year uploaded: 2020
- Page length: 5
- Subject: Legal Studies
Resource Description
Assess the effectiveness of sentencing and punishment as a means of achieving justice. INTRO: Sentencing and punishment are the means through which the state imposes undesirable outcomes as a response to the actions of individuals that are considered unacceptable by law. The usage of judicial discretion in conjunction with the range of penalties applicable to Australians under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) are underpinned by the central tenets of deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, incapacitation to thereby achieve justice for individuals and society.
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