< Previous | Contents | Next >
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS, 2002-03
7. Terminations of Community Service Orders (tables 17
and 18)
7.1 This section provides information on Community Service Orders (excluding
Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) terminated (including completed
orders) between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2003. Terminations of Probation Orders
with a Requirement of Unpaid Work are included in section 10.
7.2 A total of 3,803 Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with
a Requirement of Unpaid Work) were terminated in 2002-03, a decrease of 13%
from the 2001-02 total of 4,368. Almost two thirds (64%) were successfully completed
and a further 5% were revoked following a review. Twenty per cent of orders
were revoked following a breach application to the court and the remaining 11%
were terminated for other reasons (including transfer to another area and death
of the offender).
|
Terminations of Community Service Orders (1)
by Reason, 1999-00 to 2002-03
Number and Per cent of Terminations
|
Table 17
|
|
Reason for termination
|
Number of terminations
|
Per cent of terminations
|
|
1999-00
|
2000-01
|
2001-02
|
2002-03
|
1999-00
|
2000-01
|
2001-02
|
2002-03
|
|
Order Successfully Completed
|
2,826
|
2,510
|
2,718
|
2,444
|
63.2
|
64.2
|
62.2
|
64.3
|
|
Revoked due to Review
|
288
|
292
|
339
|
197
|
6.4
|
7.5
|
7.8
|
5.2
|
|
Revoked due to Breach
|
896
|
766
|
957
|
757
|
20.0
|
19.6
|
21.9
|
19.9
|
|
Transfer out of area
|
246
|
259
|
249
|
238
|
5.5
|
6.6
|
5.7
|
6.3
|
|
Death
|
25
|
20
|
31
|
20
|
0.6
|
0.5
|
0.7
|
0.5
|
|
Other
|
189
|
65
|
74
|
147
|
4.2
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
3.9
|
|
Total
|
4,470
|
3,912
|
4,368
|
3,803
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Note:
(1) Excludes Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
7.3 Females were more likely to complete their orders successfully (70%) than
men (64%), but males were more likely to have their orders revoked following
a breach (21%) than females (14%). Revocation following a review was more common
amongst females (8%) than males (5%).
|
Terminations of Community Service Orders (1)
by Reason and Gender, 2002-03
Number and Per cent of Terminations
|
Table 18
|
|
Reason for termination
|
Number of terminations
|
Per cent of terminations
|
|
Males
|
Females
|
Total
|
Males
|
Females
|
Total
|
|
Order Successfully Completed
|
2,161
|
283
|
2,444
|
63.6
|
69.5
|
64.3
|
|
Revoked due to Review
|
166
|
31
|
197
|
4.9
|
7.6
|
5.2
|
|
Revoked due to Breach
|
700
|
57
|
757
|
20.6
|
14.0
|
19.9
|
|
Transfer out of area
|
223
|
15
|
238
|
6.6
|
3.7
|
6.3
|
|
Death
|
19
|
1
|
20
|
0.6
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
|
Other
|
127
|
20
|
147
|
3.7
|
4.9
|
3.9
|
|
Total
|
3,396
|
407
|
3,803
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Note:
(1) Excludes Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
< Previous | Contents | Next > | 
