(1) Offence recorded on prison IT system. Investigations suggest that around 5 per cent. of offence types recorded on this system do not relate to the offence they were released on HDC for but relate to offences committed after release from prison and before the licence expiry date for their sentence. (2) Includes the offence of bigamy.
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Average length of immediate custodial sentence( 1) at all courts by offence group, 1997 to 2007
Months
Violence against the person( 2)
Sexual offences
Burglary
Robbery
Theft and handling stolen goods
Fraud and forgery
Criminal damage
Drug offences
Manslaughter
All ages
1999
15.0
37.5
15.7
35.7
4.5
8.5
15.5
28.7
59.0
2000
15.0
38.7
15.9
36.1
4.2
8.7
14.9
30.1
59.0
2001
15.9
37.7
16.6
35.4
4.2
8.6
15.9
32.5
58.4
2002
16.6
39.6
17.5
38.9
4.1
8.4
16.4
34.5
66.2
2003
18.0
40.0
17.1
39.3
4.2
8.7
16.5
35.2
62.8
2004
17.9
39.9
17.5
38.4
4.3
9.2
16.7
37.3
65.0
2005
17.1
41.5
17.4
35.0
4.3
10.3
15.1
35.8
55.8
2006
16.1
41.0
17.1
32.3
4.3
10.9
12.9
33.8
66.4
2007
16.2
42.9
16.7
31.3
4.1
10.0
12.6
31.9
61.6
(1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences. (2) Excluding manslaughter.