ATTORNEY-GENERAL Simon Corbell has announced a review of sentencing and restorative justice in the ACT.
The review “will examine fundamental questions relating to sentencing, including what the purposes of sentencing should be, and the effectiveness of difference approaches to sentencing,” Simon said.
“The review will also look at the merits of introducing possible new sentencing options, such as intensive corrections orders, used in other jurisdictions. These would replace periodic detention, which the Minister for Corrections has already announced is to be repealed, given its high cost and limited effectiveness.”
The government will be providing a total of $734,000 over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years.
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