Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; 35 VR 43
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Azzopardi v The Queen [2011] VSCA 372; 35 VR 43
ChapterArmed robberies – young offenders, 19y – youth – appeals allowed
Coram: Redlich JA, Coghlan and Macaulay AJJA
- The effect of incarceration in an adult prison on a young offender will more likely impair, rather than improve, prospects of successful rehabilitation. Imprisonment for any substantial period carries the recognised risk that anti-social tendencies may be exacerbated. The likely detrimental effect of adult prison on a youthful offender has adverse flow-on consequences for the community: at [36]; R v Mills (1998) 4 VR 235.
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