Debates in Australia concerning Mandatory Sentencing for and against arguments
Debates in Australia concerning Mandatory Sentencing: for and against arguments Advantages of Mandatory Sentencing Mandatory sentencing is said to prevent crimes through incapacitation and deterrence, incapacitating repeat offenders and deterring those offenders as well as potential offenders. Mandatory sentencing partly aims to prevent crimes by preventing offenders from continuing to offend. ... The way mandatory sentencing attempts to prevent known offenders from offending is simple enough: “for as long as offenders are incarcerated they clearly cannot commit crimes outside of prison”.