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Report of the Committee on Serious Violent and Sexual Offenders

ANNEX 2

SENTENCING OF SERIOUS VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS

Frazer McCallum Research Consultant

 

CONTENTS

Summary

Chapter 1 Introduction
Background
Research design

Chapter 2 Discretionary life sentences
Offender sample
Reasons for imposing a discretionary life sentence
The risk of re-offending
Influence of the judge
Appeals against the imposition of a life sentence
The designated part

Chapter 3 Long determinate sentences
Offender sample
Reasons for imposing a long determinate sentence

Chapter 4 Overview and conclusions
Discretionary life sentences
Long determinate sentences

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