SACStat Magistrates' Court

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Drugs, Poisons And Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) s 71AC(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=426)	Males Only (n=370)	Females Only (n=56)	Ages 18-19 (n=39)	Ages 20-24 (n=167)	Ages 25-34 (n=162)	Ages 35-44 (n=44)	Ages 45-56 (n=13)	Ages 55+ (n=0)
Imprisonment	38.5%	38.9%	35.7%	2.6%	29.3%	49.4%	59.1%	61.5%	0.0%
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	40.6%	40.5%	41.1%	61.5%	41.9%	37.7%	34.1%	15.4%	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	11.7%	11.9%	10.7%	15.4%	16.2%	8.6%	4.5%	7.7%	0.0%
Other	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	8.9%	8.4%	12.5%	20.5%	12.6%	3.7%	2.3%	15.4%	0.0%

All Charges % Sentence Type

Charges – Sentence Type	Percentage
Charges – Sentence Type	All (n=453)
Imprisonment	38.0%
Partially Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Wholly Suspended Sentence	0.0%
Youth Justice Centre Order	0.0%
Community Correction Order	41.1%
Intensive Correction Order	0.0%
Community-based Order	0.0%
Fine	11.9%
Other	0.2%
ADU/Discharge/Dismissal	8.8%

Imprisonment Length

CASES, Imprisonment – Total Effective Sentence

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 164
< 3	25.0%
3 < 6	29.9%
6 < 12	34.8%
12 < 18	6.1%
18 < 24	1.8%
24 < 36	2.4%
36 +	0.0%

CASES, Imprisonment – Non-Parole Period

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 164
No NPP	91.5%
< 3	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%
6 < 12	5.5%
12 < 18	1.2%
18 < 24	1.2%
24 < 36	0.6%
36 +	0.0%

CHARGES, Imprisonment – by Aggregation

Duration (months)	Percentage n = 172
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	27.9%	2.9%
3 < 6	26.7%	1.2%
6 < 12	27.9%	2.9%
12 < 18	5.2%	1.2%
18 < 24	2.9%	0.0%
24 +	1.2%	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 = 186
Duration (months)	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
< 3	0.0%	0.0%
3 < 6	0.0%	0.0%
6 < 12	0.0%	5.9%
12 < 18	0.0%	62.4%
18 < 24	0.0%	17.2%
24 +	0.0%	14.5%

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 = 54
Fine Amount	Aggregate	Non-Aggregate
Less than $500	0.0%	0.0%
$500 < $1,000	3.7%	5.6%
$1,000 < $2,000	25.9%	3.7%
$2,000 < $3,000	27.8%	3.7%
$3,000 < $4,000	9.3%	5.6%
$4,000 < $5,000	1.9%	0.0%
$5,000 < $10,000	7.4%	1.9%
$10,000 < $20,000	3.7%	0.0%
$20,000 or more	0.0%	0.0%

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