NCJ Number
204416
Date Published
July 2003
Length
145 pages
Annotation
This report presents data on criminal cases disposed by the New South Wales (Australia) local, district, supreme, and children's courts in 2002.
Abstract
For local courts, data address the number of persons charged and the number of charges for each type of offense; the outcome of charges; the outcome of an appearance (separate data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons); the outcome of appearances according to legal representation; the outcome of an appearance according to bail status; type of principal offense and penalty for convictions; type of drug and penalty for principal offense in drug cases; type of principal offense and penalty for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons; and average penalty by type of principal offense. Other data on local court cases pertain to average age of persons convicted, case delay, violence orders granted, place of residence for charged persons, and licensing cases. Data for children's courts address number of persons charged by principal offense, bail status by sex, convictions by type of principal offense and penalty, and prior proven offense outcomes since 1995. Data on district courts and the Supreme Court are presented separately but in the same tables for "higher courts." Data pertain to the number of trial and sentence cases registered and finalized; cases finalized and persons charged by jurisdiction, year of committal, and type of committal; persons charged and charges by type of offense and number of offenses charged; charge outcome; convictions by type of principal offense and penalty; convictions by type of offense, sex, and age; appeals against conviction; and appeals against sentences. Extensive tables and appended notes on penalties, penalty hierarchy for principal offense, and district courts in registry regions