Prison penalties for serious domestic and non-domestic assault

04/12/2015

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published Issue Paper No. 110, "Prison penalties for serious domestic and non-domestic assault". The research found "no evidence that serious non-domestic assault matters are dealt with more harshly than serious domestic assault matters. In fact, Indigenous offenders found guilty of serious domestic violence related assault are more likely to be sentenced to prison than other violent offenders." Learn more here.