4527.0 - National Criminal Courts Data Dictionary, 2006  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 01/02/2007   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
Contents >> Data elements and data element concepts >> Data elements and data element concepts,Defendant

DATA ELEMENTS AND DATA ELEMENT CONCEPTS


DEFENDANT


IDENTIFYING AND DEFINITIONAL ATTRIBUTES

Metadata type:


DATA ELEMENT CONCEPT Version: 1


Definition:


A person or organisation against whom one or more criminal charges have been laid, typically relating to the same criminal incident, and which are heard together as the one unit of work by a court level.


Context:


The defendant is the principal counting unit for the ABS criminal courts collection and Court Administration Data Collection (CADC).


The CADC and ABS collections do not enumerate distinct individuals, as one individual or organisation may be involved in a number of separate criminal cases active within the courts during the reference period. In such instances the defendant will be counted for each case in which they appear.



RELATIONAL ATTRIBUTES

Verfication rules:


A defendant always relates to a person or organisation within a case.


Related metadata:


Is related to the data element concepts:

      Lodgment
      Active Pending Defendant
      Finalised Defendant

Is described by the data elements:
      Age
      Date of Birth
      Indigenous Status
      Sex


ADMINISTRATIVE ATTRIBUTES

Source document:


1. Higher Criminal Courts Collection Manual


2. Magistrates' Criminal Courts Collection Manual


3. 2004 Data Collection Manual


Source organisation:


1. Australian Bureau of Statistics


2. Australian Bureau of Statistics


3. Court Administration Working Group


History:


Commenced 2005


Comments:


None



Previous PageNext Page