4515.0 - Federal Defendants, Selected States and Territories, 2009-10 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/04/2011   
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PRINCIPAL FEDERAL OFFENCE

Over one third (34%) of defendants finalised across all court levels had a principal federal offence of fraud and deception, followed by offences against justice procedures (26%) and abduction and harassment (12%).

FEDERAL DEFENDANTS - ALL COURTS(a), Selected principal federal offences
Graph: Selected principal federal offence


Of the defendants heard in the Higher Courts, almost three-quarters had a principal federal offence in the following three ASOC Divisions: illicit drug offences (26%); fraud and deception (25%); and sexual assault (21%).

For the Magistrates' Courts, almost three-quarters had a principal federal offence in the following three ASOC Divisions: fraud and deception (35%); offences against justice procedures (27%); and abduction and harassment (12%).

More than three-quarters of defendants in the Children's Court had a principal federal offence in the following four ASOC Divisions: abduction and harassment (41%); offences against justice procedures (16%); public order offences (11%); and theft and related offences (11%).







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