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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 11 Hansard (6 November) . . Page.. 3847 ..

on recognizance have not been taken into account. For the reasons outlined above, however, the "average sentence" is a meaningless statistic.

Further, the offences identified in the question are very specific and do not include closely related offences. It has been assumed in providing answers that closely related offences should be included. Where this has occurred, specific reference to those other offences is made.

OFFENCE SUPREME COURT MAGISTRATES COURT

Armed robbery (1)
- average sentence 3.37 years
- longest sentence 7 years

Assault (2)
- average sentence 3.8 months
- longest sentence 8 months

Assault causing bodily harm (3)
- average sentence 2 years N/A (4)
- longest sentence 5 years 2 years

Burglary (5)
- average sentence 4.42 years N/A (4)
- longest sentence 20 years 2 years

Rape (6) (1)
- average sentence 3.5 years
- longest sentence 10 years

(1) Committed to Supreme Court for either sentence or trial.

(2) This offence is usually tried in the Magistrates Court and will generally only be dealt with in the Supreme Court when tried in conjunction with an indictable offence.

(3) Also includes the offence of occasioning grievous bodily harm.

(4) Too difficult to calculate as there are multiple non-parole periods and minimum terms.

(5) Includes aggravated burglary.

(6) There is no longer an offence known as rape in the ACT. The offence has been replaced with an offence of sexual intercourse without consent (s92D Crimes Act 1900). The offence of sexual intercourse with a young person (s92E Crimes Act 1900) has also been included in this category.

(1C) Information on the average chance of re-offence is not available..

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