Former Victorian and Tasmanian Sentencing Advisory Council chair Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg discusses how councils are bridging the gap between the community, the courts and governments.

He argues it's the independence of sentencing advisory councils which distinguishes them from government departments, the courts and any other law body.

This enables councils to have wide ranging functions including providing balanced, credible research-based advice to government.

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