SACStat Magistrates' Court

knowingly possess child abuse material

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 51G(1), 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=138)	Males Only (n=137)	Females Only (n=1)	Ages 18-19 (n=1)	Ages 20-24 (n=23)	Ages 25-34 (n=29)	Ages 35-44 (n=39)	Ages 45-56 (n=22)	Ages 55+ (n=24)
Imprisonment	42.0%	42.3%	0.0%	0.0%	17.4%	62.1%	41.0%	36.4%	50.0%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Community Correction Order	49.3%	48.9%	100.0%	100.0%	69.6%	31.0%	46.2%	63.6%	41.7%
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	3.6%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.9%	2.6%	0.0%	8.3%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	5.1%	5.1%	0.0%	0.0%	13.0%	0.0%	10.3%	0.0%	0.0%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=165)
Imprisonment	43.6%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%
Community Correction Order	48.5%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	3.0%
Other	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	4.8%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 58
< 3	15.5%
3 < 6	24.1%
6 < 12	29.3%
12 < 18	13.8%
18 < 24	5.2%
24 < 36	10.3%
36 +	1.7%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 58
No NPP	79.3%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	5.2%
12 < 18	8.6%
18 < 24	5.2%
24 < 36	1.7%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 72
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	4.2%	12.5%
3 < 6	12.5%	8.3%
6 < 12	20.8%	11.1%
12 < 18	8.3%	1.4%
18 < 24	8.3%	1.4%
24 +	11.1%	0.0%

Partially Suspended Sentence Length

CASES, Partially Suspended Sentence – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
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 = 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, Partially Suspended Sentence – Part to Serve

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 0
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%	0.0%
6 +	0.0%	0.0%

CHARGES, Wholly Suspended Sentence – 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 Correction Order Length – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 80
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%	11.3%
18 < 24	0.0%	31.3%
24 +	0.0%	57.5%

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 = 5
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	0.0%	0.0%
$500 < $1,000	20.0%	20.0%
$1,000 < $2,000	20.0%	0.0%
$2,000 < $3,000	0.0%	20.0%
$3,000 < $4,000	20.0%	0.0%
$4,000 < $5,000	0.0%	0.0%
$5,000 < $10,000	0.0%	0.0%
$10,000 < $20,000	0.0%	0.0%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.0%

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