SENTENCE OUTCOMES
Of the defendants proven guilty across all court levels, 19% received a custodial order as their principal sentence. This varied across courts levels, 94% (637) in the Higher Courts, 14% (1,368) in the Magistrates' courts, and 12% (18) in the Children's Courts.
Across all court levels, defendants were predominantly issued with a custodial order as their principal sentence where their principal federal offence was sexual assault (90%) or illicit drugs (83%). Those defendants with a principal federal offence in the category of offences against justice procedures were predominantly sentenced to a monetary order (79%).
Defendants sentenced to non-custodial orders (community supervision or work orders, monetary orders and other non-custodial orders) accounted for 81% (8,587) of defendants proven guilty across all court levels. Within the Magistrates' and Children's courts 8,549 defendants (or 86%) were issued with a non-custodial order.
For the combined court levels, defendants who had a principal sentence of community supervision or work orders most commonly had a principal federal offence of fraud and deception (84%) or abduction and harassment (9%). Those with a principal sentence of monetary orders most commonly had a principal federal offence of offences against justice procedures (45%) or fraud and deception (19%).
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