4515.0 - Federal Defendants, Australia, 2011-12 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/05/2013   
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FINALISATION METHOD

In the Higher Courts, 80% of the 977 defendants were proven guilty. The proportion of defendants proven guilty within the Magistrates' Courts was 70% and within the Children's Courts it was 58%. Defendants in the Children's Courts had the highest proportion of charges withdrawn by the prosecution at 33%.



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