More research to challenge the "lock 'em up and throw away the key" mentality

01/04/2011

Last month In Brief reported on the results of groundbreaking Australian Institute of Criminology study of public views on sentencing in Tasmania. Further good news has emerged from Melbourne, where a report by the Sentencing Advisory Council shows that almost three quarters of Victorians surveyed supported increasing the use of alternatives to prison, such as supervision, treatment and community work. Only one in four supported a policy of building more prisons. Learn more>

**1 April 2011 **