Welcome one and all for another year. While we've been gone Novak Djokovic strode away with another piece of silverware. Community Correction Orders were introduced. Sydney suburbs were peppered with gang bullets. And sadly, Magistrate Maurie Gurvich passed away. We belatedly pay our respects to the memory of a conscientious and dedicated judicial character.We've taken …
Month: January 2012
Community Correction Orders
The Sentencing Amendment (Community Correction Reform) Act 2011 substantially takes effect in Victoria today.OverviewWe blogged about the bill here. In summary:Combined Custody and Treatment Orders, Intensive Correction Orders and Community Based Orders are no longer available as sentencing options in any court. They are replaced by a single flexible order called a Community Correction Order. …