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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003
The criminal court process
Committal (criminal) matters finalised in magistrates' courts by timeliness, percentages, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002
Source
- Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2003, Report on government services, volume 1 : education, justice, emergency management, Productivity Commission, Canberra. <http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/rogs/2003/>
What this chart shows
- On average, 36% of committal hearings in 2001-2002 were finalised within three months of the receipt of charges by the court and a similar percentage were finalised in the subsequent three months.
- This represents a decline over the previous year in the percentage of cases finalised within three months, from 42%.