When comparing sentences between co-offenders where one receives a Youth Justice Centre Order and the other receives imprisonment, the qualitative difference between the two types of detention — including the rehabilitative focus of Youth Justice Centres and immediate parole eligibility — may be sufficient to account for significant differences in personal circumstances and mitigating factors, even where the nominal head sentences are identical. The mitigating effect of youth is accorded less significance in cases of random alcohol-fuelled violence.
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