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Law reform refers to the process of examining existing laws and implementing changes within the law in order to enhance justice or efficiency. Law reform is vital within the criminal justice system as it recognises the changes taking place in society and any alterations made to the law reflect these changes. . There are a number of conditions that give rise to law reform, some of the major ones include; changing social values, new concepts of justice and new technology. For a law to be reformed it must be approved by a law reform agency ,some of the major law reform agencies include law reform commissions ,parliamentary comities , the media , NGO’S and lobby groups. Alongside the agencies there are also mechanisms of law reform, which is basically who bring on the changes, some mechanisms include; courts, parliaments, the UN and IGO’s. There has been major reform in the areas of investigation, trial, sentencing procedures and young offenders.
Law reform enables justice towards society due to the changes that reflect upon society’s needs. Within the criminal justice system, Sentencing is a process that occurs in sentencing hearing, in which the judge or magistrate determines the sentence of the accused according to the evidence and arguments present. Mandatory sentencing is one area of the sentencing procedure that had required heavy law reform. Mandatory sentencing laws are generally considered to be laws that specify a minimum penalty or a fixed penalty that a judge must impose in relation to a particular offence or type of offender. An example of where law reforms were needed was to control the alcohol related violence around NSW, just over a year crimes statistics stated that “there has been a 12% increase of violence around Sydney alone”. Due to the recent ‘one punch’ or ‘king hit’ incidence within NSW it gives rise to alcohol related violence and having a major effect upon societies safety. Usually during incidence like the ‘king hits’ seem to be not a heavy...