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AUST. & N.Z. JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (Dec., 1972): 5, 4 Some Results 01Probation Orders and Bonds By DAVID BILES* APART FROM the imposition of fines, the major non-custodial penalties available to the courts are probation orders and bonds. It should be of some interest, therefore, to examine the effects of these penalties by following up a sample of cases in which they have been imposed. This study is an exam ination of 252 cases in which either probation orders or bonds were imposed during the three-year period 1967-1969 by a judge of the County Court of Victoria. The orders were made in both original criminal jurisdiction and in appellate jurisdiction in Melbourne or while on circuit, the actual num bers in each category being shown in Tables I and VI. Cases were classified as failures if breach proceedings occurred within the period of the bond or probation order as a result of further offences being committed or, in the case of probation, the conditions not being met. Using this criterion it was found that the failure rates were 27.6% for pro bation orders and 11.5% for bonds. This difference is probably due to the fact that less stable offenders
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Dec 1, 1972
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