Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP130100083

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Gauging informed public opinion on sentencing sex offenders: a national study. Sex offences appear to attract the greatest community condemnation and desire to punish, particularly when involving predatory stranger rapists or when the victims are children. This national study aims to ascertain informed public opinion on sex offender sentencing by exploring the views of jurors in sex offence trials in all higher courts in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-2014

End Date: 12-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $252,124.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Law | Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems) | Courts and Sentencing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Criminal Justice |