NCJ Number
178667
Date Published
1998
Length
325 pages
Annotation
This volume presents data on adult offenders in South Australia for calendar year 1997.
Abstract
The report provides statistics in the following areas: (1) offenses reported or becoming known to South Australian Police and alleged offenders apprehended; (2) criminal matters finalized before the Magistrates Court; (3) criminal matters finalized before the District and Supreme Courts; and (4) persons supervised by the Department for Correctional Services, either as prisoners or while undertaking community-based correction orders. The document includes a summary of 1997 statistics; information on how to use crime and justice reports, including how to interpret crime statistics; age and sex of offenders; case outcomes and major penalties by offense charged; prison receptions; daily averages in custody; and prisoner escapes and discharges. Figures, tables, notes, appendixes