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Australian crime : facts and figures 2003

Persons under corrective services

Offenders by type of corrective program, 2001-2002
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* Includes periodic detention available only in NSW and ACT. Figures based on daily average counts.

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

  • Seven out of ten offenders managed by corrective service authorities in 2001-2002 were placed in community-based programs.
  • Thirty per cent were in prison serving sentences or on remand.

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