Most people are familiar with only 2 or 3 types of sentences. (i.e. fines, good behaviour bonds and gaol.) In actual fact however there is a whole range of options open to a court when deciding what sentence to impose. These include:
1. Discharging the offender without recording a conviction or imposing a penalty;
2. Sentence to rising of the court;
3. Fines;
4. Good behaviour bonds;
5. Intervention programs;
6. Remand;
7. Community service;
8. Home detention;
9. Periodic detention;
10. Suspended sentence; and
11. Full time gaol.
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