Sentencing Reform and Penal Change examines the relationship between sentencing law and policy as it has evolved in Victoria over more than a century. The authors outline the relationship between sentencing reform and penal change: how sentencing systems develop and operate, how and why certain sanctions are created, how they are implemented, and how they interact with each other. They focus primarily upon the impact of the 1991 and 1993 legislative reforms: how successful have intensive corrections orders been? Community work orders? Boot camps? Curfew orders? What impact have these new sanctions had upon the use of existing ones such as imprisonment, bonds, and fines? The authors argue that legislative sentencing reform and its effects can only be understood as one element in a larger set of institutional, political, and demographic factors that influence the criminal justice system as a whole. They draw comparisons with other Australian States and experience overseas.