The Sentencing Act 2002: Monitoring the First Year

Introduction
Summary
Sentencing purposes and principles

Consistency
Transparency
Worst and serious cases
Restorative justice
Aggravating and mitigating factors

Sentencing for murder and high risk offenders

Sentences for murder
Preventive detention
Minimum periods of imprisonment for determinate sentences

Range of sentences

Discharge
Reparation
Fines
Community-based sentences
Imprisonment
Front-end home detention

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First published in March 2004 by the Ministry of Justice

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