Web resource:	http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/bb48.pdf/$file/bb48.pdf
Type:	Fact Sheet
Title:	Crime and Justice Statistics Bureau Brief
Authors:	Ringland, Clare Fitzgerald, Jacqueline
Keywords:	Statistics;Criminal justice responses;Legal issues
Categories:	Statistics
Year:	2010
Publisher:	NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Citation:	No. 48
Notes:	This paper examines the range of sentences and factors influencing sentencing of offenders convicted of domestic violence-related assault in the NSW Local and District Courts between January 2008 and June 2009. The study reveals that offenders are more likely to receive a prison sentence if: the assault caused significant harm, the offender has a concurrent offence at the court appearance, a prior conviction for a violent offence, a prior prison episode, has breached an AVO in the previous two years, is male of Indigenous.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11864
Physical description:	12p
Appears in Collections:	Fact Sheets

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