In 2012, 11,202 or 83% of all committals under sentence were for sentences of 6 months or less. This category also includes those committed (8,304) as a consequence of the non-payment of a court ordered fine.
A full breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2012 is set out in the following table. In cases where a person is serving multiple sentences, they are categorised on the basis of their most serious offence.
Female
Group Name
|
1 month
|
1 to 2 months
|
2 to 3 months
|
3 to 4 months
|
4 to 5 months
|
5 to 6 months
|
Sexual Offences
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences
|
15
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
Dangerous or Negligent Acts
|
113
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Burglary and Related Offences
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Theft and Related Offences
|
99
|
22
|
24
|
20
|
10
|
29
|
Fraud, Deception and Related Offences
|
16
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
Controlled Drug Offences
|
34
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
Weapons and Explosives Offences
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Damage to Property and the Environment
|
52
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
Public Order and Social Code Offences
|
152
|
19
|
16
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
Road and Traffic Offences
|
712
|
62
|
24
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime
|
229
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
Offences Not Elsewhere Classified
|
181
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
Total
|
1,476
|
128
|
104
|
47
|
24
|
60
|
Male
Group Name
|
1 month
|
1 to 2 months
|
2 to 3 months
|
3 to 4 months
|
4 to 5 months
|
5 to 6 months
|
Sexual Offences
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
Attempts/Threat to Murder, Assaults and Related Offences
|
59
|
27
|
44
|
53
|
22
|
48
|
Dangerous or Negligent Acts
|
634
|
66
|
66
|
57
|
47
|
44
|
Robbery, Extortion and Hijacking Offences
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
Burglary and Related Offences
|
19
|
8
|
27
|
27
|
21
|
46
|
Theft and Related Offences
|
226
|
61
|
82
|
77
|
58
|
130
|
Fraud, Deception and Related Offences
|
151
|
35
|
36
|
19
|
7
|
20
|
Controlled Drug Offences
|
342
|
33
|
48
|
25
|
14
|
48
|
Weapons and Explosives Offences
|
37
|
4
|
14
|
19
|
3
|
32
|
Damage to Property and the Environment
|
123
|
28
|
37
|
33
|
15
|
47
|
Public Order and Social Code Offences
|
1,145
|
252
|
140
|
32
|
16
|
31
|
Road and Traffic Offences
|
2,375
|
246
|
200
|
102
|
100
|
68
|
Offences re Government, Justice Procedures and Organisation of Crime
|
785
|
41
|
45
|
38
|
12
|
35
|
Offences Not Elsewhere Classified
|
343
|
36
|
26
|
12
|
4
|
13
|
Total
|
6,241
|
837
|
767
|
498
|
320
|
572
|