Sentencing 2010 Conference
National Convention Centre, Canberra
Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2010
DRAFT PROGRAM
Saturday 6 February 2010
8.30am Registration
9.00am Welcome
Professor Michael Coper,
Dean, ANU College of Law
Chief Justice Wayne Martin,
Chair, Council of the National Judicial College of Australia
Session 1 Keynote address
Justice Virginia Bell
High Court of Australia
Session 2 Informing the Public about Sentencing
Informing the Public: Whose job is it?
Ms Jenni Coady,
Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council
Using the jury to educate and inform the public about sentencing issues
Professor Kate Warner,
University of Tasmania; Associate Professor Julia Davis,
University of South Australia
Labelling ‘Life’ as a Mandatory Sentence: Effective Denunciation
or Misleading Populism?
Dr John Anderson
University of Newcastle NSW
11.30am to 1.00 pm
Session 3A Sentencing indigenous offenders
The
aftermath of sentencing: naming and shaming of Indigenous youth in the
Northern Territory
Assistant Professor Robyn Lincoln,
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Bond University QLD;
Professor Duncan Chappell,
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
The sentencing
response to defendants who have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Associate Professor Heather Douglas,
School of Law, University of Queensland
The
impact of mandatory sentencing on indigenous offenders
Mr Stephen Jackson and Ms Fiona Hardy, Department of Justice, Northern
Territory
11.30am to 1.00 pm
Session 3B The “warrior gene”: genetic
factors in sentencing
Lack of
free will due to genetic factors as a mitigating factor in sentencing
Dr Debra Wilson, Lecturer in Law,
School of Law, University of Canterbury NZ
Genetic mitigation
Mr Allan McCay,
University of Sydney Foundation Law Program
Speaker to be advised
John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
ACT
invited
2.00pm to 3.00pm
Session 4A Sentencing of corporate offenders
The principles that apply to the sentencing of corporate offenders
Judicial officer NSW - speaker to be advised
The relevance
of “corporate culture” in sentencing for corporate offences
Professor Rick Sarre,
University of South Australia
2.00pm to 3.00pm
Session 4B Sentencing by video link
Remote Sentencing:
possibilities and pitfalls
Professor David Tait, Justice Research
Group, University of Western Sydney NSW
Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty,
Graduate School of Policing, Charles Sturt University NSW
Ms Anne Wallace,
Faculty of Law, University of Canberra
Ms Emma Rowden,
Faculty of Architecture, University of Melbourne
Sentencing
by video link: the Western Australian experience
Chief Justice Wayne Martin,
Supreme Court of Western Australia
3.30pm to 5.00pm
Session 5 Sentencing for Commonwealth offences
Inconsistent approaches by Australian courts in sentencing for Commonwealth
offences
Mr David Adsett (Deputy Director (QLD)) and Mr Mark Pedley (Deputy Director
(VIC)) Office of the
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
The quest for
sentencing consistency in the Federal System
Ms Wendy Kukulies Smith,
Lecturer, ANU College of Law ACT
A judicial perspective on consistency in sentencing for Commonwealth
offences
Judge Deborah Richards,
District Court of Queensland
7.00pm Conference dinner
Speaker to be advised
Sunday 7 February 2010
9.00am to 10.30am
Session 6 Sentencing in Arson (Bushfire) cases
Sentencing
as an aspect of crime prevention to reduce deliberate bushfires in Australia
Dr Damon Muller, ARC Centre of Excellence
in Policing and Security, Australian National University
Arsonists in our midst
Dr Rebekah Doley, Clinical Psychology
Program, Bond University QLD
Community perceptions of “light sentencing” for arson offenders
Speaker to be advised, CGU Insurance Limited
11.00am to 12.30pm
Session 7A Sentencing and Children
The specific
deterrent effect of custodial penalties on juvenile reoffending
Dr Andrew McGrath, School of
Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, Charles Sturt University NSW
Does the presence
of children influence the judicial decision to imprison?
Dr Christine Bond, School of
Social Science, University of Queensland
Dr Samantha Jeffries, School of
Justice, Queensland University of Technology
11.00am to 12.30pm
Session 7B Sentencing for offences motivated by
hatred or prejudice
Sentencing
for offences motivated by hatred or prejudice
Professor Arie Freiberg, Victorian
Sentencing Advisory Council
Sentencing for Prejudice
Associate Professor Gail Mason,
Sydney Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney, NSW
1.30pm to 3.00 pm
Session 8 Sentencing in so called “technical
rape” cases
Sexual consent: Implications
for judicial sentencing practices
Dr Rachel King and Ms Hayley Clark,
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault, Victoria
The way judicial officers express their views in sentencing remarks
in sexual assault cases
Mr Michael O'Connell,
Commissioner for Victims' Rights, South Australia
The preparation and delivery of sentencing remarks in sexual assault
cases
Judge Tom Wodak, County Court of Victoria (rtd)
3.00 pm Close
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