4515.0 - Federal Defendants, Australia, 2012-13 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 05/06/2014   
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Sentence outcomes

Of those federal defendants proven guilty, 15% (or 1,090 defendants) were given a custodial order and 85% (or 6,067 defendants) were given a non-custodial order (community supervision or work orders, monetary orders and other non-custodial orders). (Table 7)

For all defendants proven guilty with a principal offence of Illicit drugs, 75% were sentenced to a custodial order. (Table 7)

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Source(s): FEDERAL DEFENDANTS GIVEN A CUSTODIAL ORDER - ALL COURTS, Selected principal federal offence, 2012-13-FEDERAL DEFENDANTS - ALL COURTS, Custodial orders by selected principal federal offence


For all defendants proven guilty with a principal offence of Offences against justice, 96% were sentenced to a non-custodial order. (Table 7)

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Source(s): FEDERAL DEFENDANTS GIVEN A NON-CUSTODIAL ORDER - ALL COURTS, Selected principal federal offence, 2012-13-FEDERAL DEFENDANTS - ALL COURTS, Non-custodial orders by selected principal federal offence