Here is the article I was thinking of...
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 7:54 CDT
LOCAL NEWS : Northern Territory
Break-ins skyrocket despite
mandatory sentencing
The Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing
regime does not appear to be deterring
criminals from committing property offences.
Mandatory sente
using and they avoid
drawing conclusions quite a bit).
Glenn Murray
"I am a peanut"
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From: Trudy and Rod Bray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [recoznet2] NT Govt website on mandatory sentencing
You're right about the time that the mandatory sentencing laws came into
effect. I think there is an article that mentioned the latest figures. I
will have a look for it - unless someone has it handy?
Trudy
Sandy Sanders wrote:
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> Yes, it's an interesting site -- thanks for posting the url, Tr
Yes, it's an interesting site -- thanks for posting the url, Trudy. I've
already sent them a friendly note, but there's one thing I thought of
later. They've got statistics purporting to show a 14% decrease in
various kinds of property crime in the NT. Their benchmark dates
are from 1995 to
Trudy and Rod Bray wrote:
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> Denis Burke has published a website in defence of mandatory sentencing
> at:
>
> http://www.nt.gov.au/ministers/current_issues/mandatory_sentencing.shtml
>
> Trudy
>
I posted this URL (above) yesterday and I don't know if anyone got that
far but at the bottom t
Denis Burke has published a website in defence of mandatory sentencing
at:
http://www.nt.gov.au/ministers/current_issues/mandatory_sentencing.shtml
Trudy
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