SACStat Magistrates' Court

causing injury recklessly

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 18, Data for Magistrates' Court, 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2021

Note that a charge is a single proven count of an offence. A case is a collection of one or more charges (of any offence) against a person sentenced at the one hearing.

All Cases % Sentence Type

Sentence Type	Percentage
Sentence Type	All (n=4,731)	Males Only (n=4,137)	Females Only (n=594)	Ages 18-19 (n=202)	Ages 20-24 (n=795)	Ages 25-34 (n=1,681)	Ages 35-44 (n=1,201)	Ages 45-56 (n=644)	Ages 55+ (n=195)
Imprisonment	39.9%	42.4%	22.6%	22.3%	32.7%	45.5%	45.7%	34.8%	21.0%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	5.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	27.0%	27.3%	24.6%	31.7%	29.8%	27.0%	24.2%	26.2%	29.7%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Fine	16.2%	16.2%	16.3%	13.4%	16.0%	15.5%	14.7%	21.0%	20.5%
Other	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	16.4%	13.6%	36.4%	26.7%	21.3%	11.8%	15.1%	17.9%	28.7%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=5,233)
Imprisonment	40.8%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.4%
Community Correction Order	27.8%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	15.3%
Other	0.1%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	15.5%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1,888
< 3	30.1%
3 < 6	30.2%
6 < 12	24.0%
12 < 18	10.1%
18 < 24	3.3%
24 < 36	1.7%
36 +	0.4%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1,888
No NPP	88.5%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.7%
6 < 12	6.8%
12 < 18	2.7%
18 < 24	0.9%
24 < 36	0.4%
36 +	0.1%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 2,135
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	24.5%	8.8%
3 < 6	23.3%	7.4%
6 < 12	17.6%	5.8%
12 < 18	6.8%	1.6%
18 < 24	2.3%	0.4%
24 +	1.4%	0.0%

Partially Suspended Sentence Length

CASES, Partially Suspended Sentence – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	100.0%
6 < 12	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%
24 < 36	0.0%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Partially Suspended Sentence – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	100.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Partially Suspended Sentence – Part to Serve

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
0	0.0%	0.0%
< 1	0.0%	0.0%
1 < 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	100.0%
6 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Wholly Suspended Sentence – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 2
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	50.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	50.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Community Correction Order Length – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 1,455
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.1%
6 < 12	0.0%	6.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	65.8%
18 < 24	0.0%	17.4%
24 +	0.0%	10.7%

CHARGES, Intensive Correction Order Length – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	0.0%
12 < 18	0.0%	0.0%
18 < 24	0.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Community-Based Order

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%
12 < 24	0.0%
24 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Fine Amount – by Aggregation

Fine Amount	Percentage n = 801
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	1.1%	2.0%
$500 < $1,000	11.1%	13.4%
$1,000 < $2,000	21.0%	21.0%
$2,000 < $3,000	12.1%	7.7%
$3,000 < $4,000	3.7%	1.7%
$4,000 < $5,000	1.6%	0.7%
$5,000 < $10,000	1.5%	0.9%
$10,000 < $20,000	0.0%	0.2%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.1%

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