(2) what the average sentence for those over the age of 21 years convicted of a section 47 offence was in 2007-08.
The available data are shown in the following table. Data for 2008 will not be available until Sentencing Statistics 2008 is published later in the year.
Offender aged 21 and over Offender aged under 21 Section 181 Total number sentenced 1,107 627 Absolute discharge 1 2 Conditional discharge 0 0 Fine 2 2 Community sentence 20 65 Fully suspended sentence 18 18 Immediate custody 1,024 524 Otherwise dealt with 42 16 Number of indeterminate sentences 304 95 ACSL (months) for determinate sentences 47.3 37.7 Section 202 Total number sentenced 2,955 1.592 Absolute discharge 2 2 Conditional discharge 20 14 Fine 19 14 Community sentence 372 622 Fully suspended sentence 975 218 Immediate custody 1492 692 Otherwise dealt with 75 30 ACSL (months) 20.1 16.1 Section 473 Total number sentenced 10,118 Absolute discharge 16 Conditional discharge 413 Fine 359 Community sentence 3,068 Fully suspended sentence 3,086 Immediate custody 2,821 Otherwise dealt with 355 ACSL (months) 11.5 1 Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm 2 Malicious wounding, racially aggravated malicious wounding, religiously aggravated malicious wounding, racially or religiously aggravated malicious wounding 3 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm, Notes: ACSL excludes indeterminate sentences. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 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
The table shows the sentences handed down to and the average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for determinate sentences for those aged 21 and over under sections 18, section 20 and 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for 2007. The table also shows the sentences handed down to, and the ACSL for, offenders aged under 21, sentenced under sections 18 and 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 for 2007. Also included is the number of indeterminate sentences for the section 18 offences. These data are based on the offences under section 18, section 20 and section 47, where such offences were the principal offences for which the offender was sentenced. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed, where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.