TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Life imprisonment in Australia
JO  - Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice
A1  - Potas, Ivan
SP  - 
EP  - 
VL  - 19
IS  - 
N2  - The history of life imprisonment demonstrates that this sentence does not ordinarily mean imprisonment until death. Potas presents statistics on which offenders receive life sentences and the average term served. He compares indeterminate and determinate sentences, and discretionary and mandatory sentences, with special reference to murder and drug trafficking. He also discusses legislation; truth in sentencing; and recommendations that a prisoner never be released.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0817-8542
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -