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Australian Crime: Facts and Figures 2002

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Defendants' cases finalised in higher courts, by method of finalisation, 2000-2001
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*Excludes Queensland defendants finalised by a bench warrant being issued.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002, Higher criminal courts 2000-2001, cat. no. 4513.0.

What this chart shows

  • In 2000-2001 there were 18,018 defendants finalised in the higher courts. This represented a decrease of 5% from 1999-2000, when there were 18,890 defendants.
  • Overall, 78% of the defendants whose cases were heard by a higher court were found guilty of an offence.
  • In only 7% of cases was the defendant acquitted of an offence.

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