On 24 May 2017, the NSW Attorney General asked us to review victims' involvement in the sentencing process.
We transmitted our Report: Victims' Involvement in Sentencing (PDF, 534.6 KB) to the Attorney General on 1 March 2018. It was released on 24 October 2018.
The NSW Government provided a response (PDF, 56.0 KB) in October 2018.
Some of our recommendations were implemented by Crimes Legislation Amendment (Victims) Act 2018 (NSW) which commenced on 27 May 2019.
The following documents were part of the consultation process for our Report:
We received the following terms of reference on 24 May 2017:
I ... request that the Council conduct a review of victims' involvement in the sentencing process under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) and consider:
In undertaking this review, the Council should have regard to:
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