SACStat Magistrates' Court

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Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic) s 26(2), 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=178)	Males Only (n=140)	Females Only (n=38)	Ages 18-19 (n=7)	Ages 20-24 (n=29)	Ages 25-34 (n=67)	Ages 35-44 (n=53)	Ages 45-56 (n=19)	Ages 55+ (n=3)
Imprisonment	52.2%	58.6%	28.9%	42.9%	48.3%	62.7%	49.1%	36.8%	33.3%
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	21.9%	18.6%	34.2%	0.0%	24.1%	20.9%	24.5%	26.3%	0.0%
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	15.2%	13.6%	21.1%	28.6%	17.2%	13.4%	15.1%	10.5%	33.3%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	10.7%	9.3%	15.8%	28.6%	10.3%	3.0%	11.3%	26.3%	33.3%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=222)
Imprisonment	44.6%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%
Community Correction Order	32.0%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	14.4%
Other	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	9.0%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 93
< 3	35.5%
3 < 6	31.2%
6 < 12	21.5%
12 < 18	8.6%
18 < 24	1.1%
24 < 36	2.2%
36 +	0.0%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 93
No NPP	92.5%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	1.1%
6 < 12	4.3%
12 < 18	2.2%
18 < 24	0.0%
24 < 36	0.0%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 99
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	40.4%	5.1%
3 < 6	32.3%	2.0%
6 < 12	14.1%	0.0%
12 < 18	5.1%	0.0%
18 < 24	1.0%	0.0%
24 +	0.0%	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 = 71
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	1.4%
12 < 18	0.0%	83.1%
18 < 24	0.0%	15.5%
24 +	0.0%	0.0%

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 = 32
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	6.3%	6.3%
$500 < $1,000	40.6%	6.3%
$1,000 < $2,000	28.1%	0.0%
$2,000 < $3,000	12.5%	0.0%
$3,000 < $4,000	0.0%	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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