An offender's transfer from adult prison to a youth justice centre is a relevant personal circumstance that diminishes the weight of psychological evidence about vulnerability in adult custody when assessing whether a 'special reason' exists under s 10A(2)(e) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic). Features such as a desire to belong to a group and borderline intellectual functioning are not 'wholly outside the run of the mill factors typical of' home invasion offending committed by groups of youths. A youth justice centre order with a maximum of four years is inadequate for serious aggravated home invasion offending.
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