Sentencing in the Northern Territory (VCE SSCE Legal Studies): Flashcards

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NT's constitutional status vs Australian states

Territory - Commonwealth can override its laws

Year NT gained self-governance

1978

Main NT sentencing legislation

Sentencing Act 1995 (NT)

Imprisonment principle in NT sentencing law

Sentence of last resort

Minimum non-parole period (% of total sentence)

50%

NT incarceration rate (per 100,000 adults)

1,044

% of NT prisoners who are First Nations people

~85%

% of NT population who are First Nations

26.3%

When NT partially abolished mandatory minimum sentencing

November 2022

NT recidivism rate (% previously imprisoned)

~75%

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