4513.0 - Criminal Courts, Australia, 2017-18 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/02/2019
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HIGHER COURTS
Principal offence During 2017–18, around three in five defendants finalised in the Higher Courts had a principal offence in the following offence categories – all of which increased from 2016–17:
Principal sentence Of the 15,348 defendants with charges proven in the Higher Courts during 2017–18, the majority (71%, 10,904) were sentenced to custody in a correctional institution. (Table 7) Of those sentenced to custody in a correctional institution:
The principal offences most commonly sentenced to custody in a correctional institution in the Higher Courts were:
The number of defendants sentenced to custody in a correctional institution increased by 10% (1,000 defendants) during 2017–18. (Table 7) Footnotes 1 Excluding life and indeterminate imprisonment (see Explanatory Note 48). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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