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Where am I now? Lawlink > Law Reform Commission > Publications > Table 3.1: Criminal proceedings in the Children’s Court 1998/19993

Issues Paper 19 (2001) - Sentencing: Young offenders

Table 3.1: Criminal proceedings in the Children’s Court 1998/19993

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TYPE OF OFFENCE: Homicide4; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 12; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 5; AGE2 - 10: 0; AGE2 - 11: 1; AGE2 - 12: 0; AGE2 - 13: 0; AGE2 - 14: 0; AGE2 - 15: 2; AGE2 - 16: 1; AGE2 - 17: 5; AGE2 - 18+: 3; SEX3 - MALE: 12; SEX3 - FEMALE: 0

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Assault, abduction; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 2,172; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 1,588; AGE2 - 10: 3; AGE2 - 11: 16; AGE2 - 12: 33; AGE2 - 13: 91; AGE2 - 14: 211; AGE2 - 15: 347; AGE2 - 16: 466; AGE2 - 17: 668; AGE2 - 18+: 337; SEX3 - MALE: 1631; SEX3 - FEMALE: 541

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Sexual offences; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 125; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 74; AGE2 - 10: 0; AGE2 - 11: 1; AGE2 - 12: 1; AGE2 - 13: 4; AGE2 - 14: 11; AGE2 - 15: 26; AGE2 - 16: 33; AGE2 - 17: 29; AGE2 - 18+: 20; SEX3 - MALE: 121; SEX3 - FEMALE: 4

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Property offences5; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 6,522; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 4,946; AGE2 - 10: 13; AGE2 - 11: 33; AGE2 - 12: 121; AGE2 - 13: 297; AGE2 - 14: 669; AGE2 - 15: 1179; AGE2 - 16: 1505; AGE2 - 17: 1914; AGE2 - 18+: 791; SEX3 - MALE: 5,489; SEX3 - FEMALE: 1,033

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Offences against justice procedures; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 933; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 559; AGE2 - 10: 2; AGE2 - 11: 5; AGE2 - 12: 12; AGE2 - 13: 27; AGE2 - 14: 62; AGE2 - 15: 121; AGE2 - 16: 163; AGE2 - 17: 269; AGE2 - 18+: 272; SEX3 - MALE: 747; SEX3 - FEMALE: 186

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Offences against good order; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 1,200; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 996; AGE2 - 10: 1; AGE2 - 11: 4; AGE2 - 12: 8; AGE2 - 13: 30; AGE2 - 14: 74; AGE2 - 15: 213; AGE2 - 16: 308; AGE2 - 17: 435; AGE2 - 18+: 127; SEX3 - MALE: 986; SEX3 - FEMALE: 214

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Drug offences6; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 1,116; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 982; AGE2 - 10: 0; AGE2 - 11: 1; AGE2 - 12: 9; AGE2 - 13: 28; AGE2 - 14: 84; AGE2 - 15: 159; AGE2 - 16: 308; AGE2 - 17: 399; AGE2 - 18+: 128; SEX3 - MALE: 947; SEX3 - FEMALE: 169

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Driving offences7; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 715; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 631; AGE2 - 10: 0; AGE2 - 11: 1; AGE2 - 12: 5; AGE2 - 13: 11; AGE2 - 14: 32; AGE2 - 15: 107; AGE2 - 16: 187; AGE2 - 17: 286; AGE2 - 18+: 86; SEX3 - MALE: 637; SEX3 - FEMALE: 78

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Weapons and explosives offences; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 119; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 88; AGE2 - 10: 0; AGE2 - 11: 1; AGE2 - 12: 0; AGE2 - 13: 3; AGE2 - 14: 11; AGE2 - 15: 18; AGE2 - 16: 28; AGE2 - 17: 45; AGE2 - 18+: 13; SEX3 - MALE: 108; SEX3 - FEMALE: 11

TYPE OF OFFENCE: Other; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 758; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 408; AGE2 - 10: 3; AGE2 - 11: 4; AGE2 - 12: 25; AGE2 - 13: 53; AGE2 - 14: 81; AGE2 - 15: 147; AGE2 - 16: 213; AGE2 - 17: 188; AGE2 - 18+: 44; SEX3 - MALE: 559; SEX3 - FEMALE: 199

TOTAL: ; NUMBER OF APPEARANCES: 13,672; NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH OFFENCES PROVEN1: 10,277; AGE2 - 10: 22; AGE2 - 11: 67; AGE2 - 12: 214; AGE2 - 13: 544; AGE2 - 14: 1,235; AGE2 - 15: 2,319; AGE2 - 16: 3,212; AGE2 - 17: 4,238; AGE2 - 18+: 1,821; SEX3 - MALE: 11,237; SEX3 - FEMALE: 2,435

notes to table 3.1

1. This includes charges referred to the District and Supreme Courts.

2. These figures include all appearances, including where the offence was not proven.

3. Tables 2.4a and 2.4b provide breakdowns of males and females in each age bracket for each category of offence.

4. Category includes murder, attempted murder, manslaughter and driving causing death.

5. Category includes robbery, blackmail, extortion, break and enter, theft from a person, retail and motor vehicle theft, receiving stolen property, fraud and property damage offences.

6. Category includes possession, trafficking, cultivation and manufacture.

7. Category includes driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, dangerous driving and traffic offences.


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