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Table 34 Voter turnout 1970-2004
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Table 34Voter turnout 1970-2004
Source: http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/What/voting/turnout/index.htm. Total criminal cases117. The table below shows the total number of criminal cases handled in the courts of Australia, including appeal and non-appeal cases. Of all the criminal cases filed in Australia during 2001-02, 95 per cent were filed in the Magistrates Courts, with NSW and Queensland being the largest contributors to the national total. A large proportion of cases in the Magistrates Court in most States and Territories are minor traffic matters. Table 35Criminal court finalisations - 2001-2002 (a)
Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision, “Report on Government Services 2003”. (a) Lodgements do not equal finalisations in any given year because matters lodged in one year may be finalised in the next. (b) Australian totals may not add as a result of rounding. (c) In Tas., the number of lodgements declined by between 8,000 and 10,000 matters due to information technology difficulties experienced by a major court user. This has had a considerable flow on effect on finalisations. The matters lodged by this user are usually resolved within the year of lodgement. It is estimated, therefore, that finalisations are affected by between 8,000 and 10,000 matters. 118. The number of victims of crimes recorded by police decreased between 2001 and 2002 for almost all of the offence categories listed in the table below. Declines were particularly noticeable for those offence categories related to the taking of property (such as robbery, unlawful entry with intent and theft offences). The largest proportional decreases were recorded for victims of armed robbery (30 per cent), driving causing death (21 per cent) and motor vehicle theft (19 per cent). Increases were evident for four offence categories: manslaughter (29 per cent), sexual assault (6 per cent), assault (5 per cent) and murder (2 per cent). 119. The number of victims recorded by Australian police again declined in most offence categories in 2004 when compared with 2003. Victims of the following offence categories recorded a decrease: homicide and related offences (18 per cent); robbery (16 per cent); unlawful entry with intent (13 per cent); other theft (12 per cent), motor vehicle theft (11 per cent); and blackmail/extortion (4 per cent). Victims of kidnapping/abduction recorded an increase (10 per cent). Variation from year to year is likely to be higher for both homicide and related offences and kidnapping/abduction due to small numbers. Download 1.91 Mb. Share with your friends:
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