FINALISED DEFENDANTS
This chapter provides an introduction to the federal defendants collection. The chapter 'Federal Defendants' presents data about finalised defendants with federal charges classified using the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC).
Finalised defendants for this collection include persons charged with Commonwealth criminal offences for each court level, as well as organisations charged with Commonwealth criminal offences for the Higher and Magistrates' Courts. A federal defendant is a finalised defendant who has been charged with at least one offence against Commonwealth legislation, irrespective of whether they have also been charged with any offences under state or territory legislation.
The statistics presented in this publication are based on data extracted from administrative records held by the state and territory agencies responsible for courts administration.
The Explanatory Notes provide detailed information on the data sources, comparability, definitions, counting rules and other technical matters associated with the ABS Federal Defendants data collection.
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