Web resource:	http://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/content/publications/breaching-intervention-orders-report
Type:	Electronic publication
Title:	Breaching intervention orders : report
Authors:	Stewart, Felicity David, Andrea Hoel, Adrian
Keywords:	Criminal justice responses;Protection orders;Family law
Year:	2008
Publisher:	Sentencing Advisory Council
Notes:	Discussion: :The Victorian Law Reform Commission recommended that the Sentencing Advisory Council should review the sentencing of defendants and penalties imposed for breaching intervention orders. This report is a response to that recommendation. It outlines the law relating to intervention orders and reports on sentencing practices in the Magistrates’ Court and higher courts. In the three years from July 2004 – June 2007, the most common sentence imposed was a fine (29.7% of sentences) followed by adjourned undertaking (19.6%). Only 15.5% of charges were dealt with by imprisonment and 15.7% were given a community-based order. The most common gaol term was one month. The report recommends that the maximum penalty for breaching a family violence intervention order, a stalking intervention order or a police-issued family violence safety notice should continue to be two years. There should not be a separate offence with a higher maximum penalty for a subsequent offence, or a separate aggravated offence with a higher maximum.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21268
ISBN:	9781921100253
Physical description:	vi, 54 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Online resource

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