26 What then, in terms of a broad range, can be made of the statistics? In Sentencing in Tasmania 2nd ed (above) at 332, for the period 1990 - 2000, the tables of single count sentences show the maximum custodial sentence for aggravated armed robbery as five years, whilst that for armed robbery is eight years. The author notes at 333 [12.107], that for young offenders (18 - 21), no single sentence exceeded three years. In relation to aggravated armed robbery, since the time of the tables to the date of these crimes, there have been a few sentences of more than five years. At the highest end of the scale, there are two sentences of 10 years' imprisonment imposed on co-offenders, but which also related to a number of other offences of dishonesty. There is a third such term, but in that case someone was shot. There is one sentence of nine years' imprisonment - (a regular repeat offender) - two of eight years imposed on recidivist co-offenders, and one of 7½ years. For aggravated armed robbery and armed robbery there are 16 sentences of between three and six years, mostly in the lower end of that range, and almost invariably involving commercial premises, relatively large sums of money, and offenders with significant criminal histories. This is somewhat inconclusive but might suggest that a more punitive approach to this type of crime has been taken in this decade, compared to the last. I should note that at the other end of the scale, there have been four community service orders, of between 56 and 80 hours.