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These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

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Percentage( 1) of offenders sentenced to disposals for child abuse, 1997 to 2007
		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Abandoning child under 2 years	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0	—
Offences against the Person Act 1861 Sec 27	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	100.0	—	—	—	100.0	—	—	—	—	50.0	—
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Immediate custody	—	100.0	—	—	—	—	100.0	—	—	—	—
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Total number sentenced	1	1	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	2	—
Abuse of a position of trust: Sexual activity with children(2)	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.1	—	—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S16(1ei,2-5). S16(1eii,2-5), S17(1ei,2-5). S18(1fi,2-5), S19(1ei,2-5), S17(1eii,2-5)	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0	14.3	31.3	26.7
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3	12.5	20.0
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0	64.3	56.3	53.3
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	14	16	15
Causing or allowing death of a child or vulnerable person	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 S.5	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0	100.0
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6
Cruelty or neglect of children	Absolute or conditional Discharge	16.0	14.4	10.0	13.2	9.6	10.6	13.4	12.1	11.3	11.0	8.6
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 Sec 1	Fine	1.7	1.1	2.0	0.5	1.6	0.5	1.5	2.1	1.8	1.1	1.6
	Community sentence	45.7	52.1	54.1	51.4	53.1	53.1	53.9	55.3	53.0	45.6	40.0
	Suspended Sentence	5.4	3.4	5.9	5.3	4.3	5.5	3.7	4.9	10.6	17.1	30.1
	Immediate custody	30.0	28.9	27.0	28.8	30.4	30.0	27.4	25.3	22.8	24.3	18.8
	Otherwise dealt with	1.1	0.0	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.9
	Total number sentenced	350	353	440	416	375	397	456	486	434	445	432
Rape of a female under 13 by a male(2)	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.5	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.9	3.6
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1	—	3.6
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0	93.8	96.1	92.7
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1	—	—
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	32	51	55
Rape of a female under 16	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	—	—	—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.1 also Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.1	Fine	—	—	—	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	—	1.0	—	0.4	1.0	—	0.9
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	—	—	—	—
	Immediate custody	98.8	99.0	99.5	98.4	99.4	99.0	99.1	98.8	98.1	99.5	98.2
	Otherwise dealt with	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.5	0.9
	Total number sentenced	162	199	219	186	160	196	225	252	206	191	217
Rape of a male under 13 by a male(2)	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S. 5	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.2	9.1
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100.0	72.7	90.9
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	9.1	—
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	11	11
Rape of a male under 16	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.1 also Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.1	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Immediate custody	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	95.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	94.7
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5	—	—	—	5.3
	Total number sentenced	15	12	20	13	17	25	22	20	20	11	19
Sexual activity involving a child(2)	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9	0.7	1.3
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.8(1)(2)(1)(3), S.10(1a,b,ci)(3), S.9(1a,b,cii)(2), S.9(1a,b,cii)(3), S. l0(1a,b,c(ii)) (2), S.10 (1a,b,c(ii))(3)	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	47.4	37.5	20.5	22.3
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	3.8	7.5	7.0
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52.6	54.8	68.5	68.2
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7	1.3
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	104	146	157
Sexual assault of a female child under 13(2)	Absolute or conditional Discharge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.6	0.8	—	2.1
Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.7	Fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Community sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3	33.6	20.4	16.5
	Suspended Sentence	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.1	2.5	8.8	11.7
	Immediate custody	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44.4	62.3	66.3	69.1
	Otherwise dealt with	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.6	0.8	4.4	0.5
	Total number sentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	122	181	188
(1 )The figures used are shown as a percentage of those sentenced. Lags in time between sentencing and conviction may mean the numbers sentenced and convicted in a year may not match. (2) These were enacted as distinct offences by the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 2. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

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