Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline (see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)AGE, April 7, 2011, page 15, comment by David Eagleman, `The law's one-size-fits-all approach ignores our varied biology'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/onesizefitsall-approach-ignores-our-varied-biology-20110406-1d4ef.html
H/SUN, April 1, 2011, page 2, news item by Geoff Wilkinson, `We're soft on sentencing'
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/no-more-jails-say-victorians/story-fn7x8me2-1226031629733
H/SUN, April 1, 2011, page 36 editorial, `Report a joke'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/editorials/sentencing-report-a-joke/story-e6frfhqo-1226031648843
AGE, May 18, 2011, page 13, comment by David Harper, `Don't rush to judge on sentencing'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-rush-to-judge-on-sentencing-20110517-1erae.html
AGE, June 2, 2011, page 14, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Josh Gordon, `Baillieu finds crime pays'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/baillieu-finds-crime-pays-20110601-1fgju.html
AGE, June 1, 2011, page 16, letters incl, `Victims come first / Consider the bars / Populist and public / Law-abiders deserve better'.
http://www.watoday.com.au/national/letters/victims-come-first-20110531-1felq.html
AGE, June 1, 2011, page 3, news item (ref to "survey" conducted by Herald-Sun newspaper) by Gordon and Cooper, `Lawyers slam sentencing survey'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/lawyers-slam-sentencing-survey-20110531-1fepv.html
H/SUN, May 31, 2011, page 1, news item by McArthur and Buttler, `You be the judge'
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/you-be-the-judge-on-crime/story-fn7x8me2-1226065956342
H/SUN, May 31, 2011, page 24 editorial, `Let us hear your verdict'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/let-us-hear-your-verdict-on-sentencing/story-fn6bn88w-1226065995603
AGE, May 31, 2011, page 10, editorial, `Victoria likely to regret rush to lock 'em up'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/victoria-likely-to-regret-rush-to-lock-em-up-20110530-1fcqe.html
AGE, May 31, 2011, page 10, letters incl `Minimum terms a rough kind of justice / Wrong way, go back'. (scroll down the letters list to find the items)
http://www.theage.com.au/national/letters/ad-row-reeks-of-hypocrisy-20110530-1fcpz.html
AGE, May 31, 2011, page 5, news item (ref to human rights) by Adrian Lowe, `Mandatory terms "will breach rights"'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/mandatory-terms-will-breach-rights-20110530-1fd26.html
AGE, May 30, 2011, page 1, news item by Adrian Lowe, `Fear over plan to jail teen thugs'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/concern-at-plan-to-jail-teen-thugs-20110529-1faxu.html
AGE, June 7, 2011, page 13, comment by Greg Barns, `Baillieu guilty of a grave injustice'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/baillieu-guilty-of-a-grave-injustice-20110606-1fp4e.html
AGE, June 5, page 5, news item (ref to Herald-Sun newspaper "survey") by Peter Munro, `Sentencing expert criticises government's "flawed" crime poll'.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/sentencing-expert-criticises-governments-flawed-crime-poll-20110604-1fmgm.html