He examines some authoritative decisions on the matter and explores whether retributive and utilitarian considerations can be reconciled. This paper briefly reviews legislation governing dangerous offenders in each Australia jurisdiction. It then proposes a model legislation that provides for reviewable sentences and avoids most of the dangers of existing systems. The model ensures that offenders' rights are protected by due process, and caters for public perceptions that society must be protected from dangerous offenders. Paul Mullaly Mullaly discusses various aspects of sentencing law in relation to protecting society from serious violent offenders.
Reference is made to several cases.
This paper argues for a coordinated criminal justice response to violent offending. It prefaces its discussion with a description of the violent offender population, the causal factors of violence, and violence prevention. It then outlines Victoria's recent achievements in providing a more coordinated management approach to the treatment of violent offenders. John Dawes Dawes provides an overview of offenders who are considered seriously violent. He claims that the present management technique, which is based on a system of control, is unsatisfactory.