Guess who's coming to dinner? A preliminary model for the satisfaction of public opinion as a legitimate aim in sentencing

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-119

  Tomaino, John ^a  

^a Crime Prevention Coordinator   (Australia)

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EID: 21944456055     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008246112767     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Victorian Sentencing Committee, Sentencing Vol. 1, (Melbourne: Attorney-General's Department, 1988);
2. Harding, C. and L. Koffman, Sentencing and the Penal System: Text and Materials (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1988), 92-93.
3. Walker, N., Sentencing: Theory, Law and Practice (London: Butterworth and Co., 1985);
4. Kapardis, A., Sentencing by English Magistrates as a Human Process, (Cyprus: Asselia Publishers, 1985);
5. Potas, I. (ed.), Sentencing in Australia: Issues, Policy and Reform, Proceedings No. 13, Proceedings of a Seminar "Sentencing: Problems and Prospects", held at the Australian Institute of Criminology, 18-21 March (Canberra: 1987).
6. The Victorian Sentencing Manual lists public opinion as a "legal" factor to be taken into account in sentencing, however, the word "non-legal" in the context of the present article denotes that this factor is not formally formulated in sentencing legislation. In certain stages of the criminal justice system such as parole hearings, public opinion can play a legitimate role, as the risk of re-offending remains a primary role in these hearings, see for example R v Leaver [1994] NSWCCA 60907; see generally Boyle, C. and M. Allen, (1985) Sentencing Law and Practice, Sweet and Maxwell, London, pp. 262-263;
7. Fox, R. and A. Freiberg (1985) Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, pp. 66-67.
8. Fox, R. and A. Freiberg, Sentencing: State and Federal Law in Victoria (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985);
9. Walker, N., Sentencing: Theory, Law and Practice (London: Butterworth and Co., 1985), Chapter 5.
10. Kapardis, A., Sentencing by English Magistrates as a Human Process (Cyprus: Asselia Publishers, 1985);
11. Victorian Sentencing Committee, Sentencing Vol. 1, Attorney-General's Department (Melbourne, 1988).
12. See Childs, H., Public Opinion: Nature, Formation, and Role (USA: Princeton, 1965) for a detailed account of the history of mass opinion generally.
13. Pierce, J., K. Beatty and P. Hagner, The Dynamics of American Public Opinion (USA: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1982).
14. Ibid.
15. Thurstone, L., "The Method of Paired Comparisons for Social Values", Journal of Abnormal Social Psychology, 1927 (21:4), 384-400;
16. Durea, M., "An Experimental Study of Attitudes Toward Juvenile Delinquency", Journal of Applied Psychology, 1933 (12), 522-534;
17. Walker, N. and M. Hough (ed.), Public Attitudes to Sentencing: Surveys from Five Countries (England: Gower Publishing Company Limited, 1988).
18. Hindelang, M., "Public Opinion Regarding Crime, Criminal Justice, and Related Topics", Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (11:2), July (1974) 101-116.
19. Victorian Sentencing Committee, Sentencing Vol. 1 (Melbourne: Attorney-General's Department, 1988).