Sentencing and Punishment is covered across eight broad topics:

1. Statutory and judicial guidelines
2. The purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general), retribution, rehabilitation, incapacitation
3. Factors affecting a sentencing decision: aggravating and mitigating circumstances
4. The role of the victim in sentencing
5. Appeals
6. Types of penalties, including:
   1. No conviction recorded, caution, fine, bond, suspended sentence, probation, criminal infringement notice, penalty units, community service order, home detention, periodic detention, forfeiture of assets, imprisonment, diversionary programs
7. Alternative methods of sentencing including circle sentencing, restorative justice
8. Post-sentencing considerations, including security classification, protective custody, parole, preventative detention, continued detention, sexual offenders registration, deportation

Extract from Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2009 Board of Studies NSW.