Table 2
Court outcomes for sexual violations against children, pre- and post-2005 mandatory minimum penalty (MMP) legislation

Table 2
Court outcomes for sexual violations against children, pre- and post-2005 mandatory minimum penalty (MMP) legislation
Table summary
This table displays the results of Court outcomes for sexual violations against children. The information is grouped by Court outcomes of completed court cases (appearing as row headers), Summary cases, Indictable cases, Pre-2005 and Post-2005, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Court outcomes of completed court cases Summary cases Indictable cases
Pre-2005Table 2 Note 1 Post-2005Table 2 Note 2 Pre-2005Table 2 Note 1 Post-2005Table 2 Note 2
number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total cases, by decision 939 100 489 100 961 100 649 100
Acquitted 38 4 27 6 38 4 36 6
Stay of proceeding 53 6 36 7 45 5 36 6
Withdrawn, dismissed, discharged 155 17 39 8 86 9 62 10
Other decision 14 1 9 2 6 1 1 0
Guilty 679 72 378 77 786 82 514 79
Total guilty cases, by sentence and custody length 679 100 378 100 786 100 514 100
Conditional sentence 107 16 17 5 188 24 27 6
Probation 293 44 35 10 189 24 18 4
Other non-custodial sentences 13 2 3 1 5 1 5 1
CustodyTable 2 Note 3 254 38 307 85 392 51 410 89
Less than 14 days 16 2 14 4 19 2 5 1
14 to 44 days 12 2 77 21 7 1 10 2
45 to 89 days 33 5 45 12 19 2 74 16
90 days to less than 6 months 66 10 83 23 41 5 77 17
6 months to less than 1 year 74 11 52 14 135 17 94 20
1 year to less than 2 years 30 4 24 7 87 11 79 17
2 years or longer 17 3 11 3 78 10 70 15
Unknown custody length 6 1 1 0 6 1 1 0
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