Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
Profiles of prison populations (as from ABS, 2003):
* 93% are male. Males are 14 times more likely to be incarcerated than females, however, over the past 10 years the female prisoner population has increased at a faster rate.
* Nearly half of all prisoners were convicted of offences involving violence or the threat of violence.
* Most serious offences for males: assault, break and enter, robbery, sex offences
* Most serious offences for women: assault, drug offences, fraud and robbery.
* One in ten prisoners is sentenced for a drug offence.
* Longest expected (average) aggregate sentence was for murder: 19.2 years. The average time expected to be served is a mere 14.4 years.
Stay tuned next week when we paint another beautiful picture: Recidivism Rates - the effectiveness of the current criminal justice system.
* 93% are male. Males are 14 times more likely to be incarcerated than females, however, over the past 10 years the female prisoner population has increased at a faster rate.
* Nearly half of all prisoners were convicted of offences involving violence or the threat of violence.
* Most serious offences for males: assault, break and enter, robbery, sex offences
* Most serious offences for women: assault, drug offences, fraud and robbery.
* One in ten prisoners is sentenced for a drug offence.
* Longest expected (average) aggregate sentence was for murder: 19.2 years. The average time expected to be served is a mere 14.4 years.
Stay tuned next week when we paint another beautiful picture: Recidivism Rates - the effectiveness of the current criminal justice system.