Sentencing Purposes
Penalties and Sentences Act (Qld) 1992:
Section 9(1). The purpose of sentencing is to provide:-
•Just punishment
•Assistance in rehabilitation
•Specific and general deterrence
•Denunciation
•Protection of the community
‘A just sentence is the result of a balancing exercise that produces an acceptable combination of the purposes mentioned in s9(1)(a) to 9(e) of the Act’ Bojovic [1999] QCA 206, [34].
Section 9(1). The purpose of sentencing is to provide:-
•Just punishment
•Assistance in rehabilitation
•Specific and general deterrence
•Denunciation
•Protection of the community
‘A just sentence is the result of a balancing exercise that produces an acceptable combination of the purposes mentioned in s9(1)(a) to 9(e) of the Act’ Bojovic [1999] QCA 206, [34].