JustResearch no. 12
Figure 1. Those convicted of spousal violence less likely than other violent offenders to get prison, 1997-2002
Description
This horizontal bar chart illustrates the type of sentence given to offenders who are convicted of violence.
The Y axis represents the offender’s relationship to the victim and the type of sentence. The relationships listed are as follows from the top to bottom, Stranger, Friend/acquaintance, other family, and spouse. The type of sentence classified are as follows from left to right, Prison, Conditional sentence, probation, fine and other.
The X axis represents the percentage of single conviction cases. It is measured in percentage and increases in increments of ten from 0 to 100.
- 35% of those who were convicted of a violence against a stranger were given a prison sentence
- 3% of those who were convicted of a violence against a stranger were given a conditional sentence
- 42% of those who were convicted of a violence against a stranger were given a probation term
- 17% of those who were convicted of a violence against a stranger were fined
- 3% of those who are convicted of a violence against a stranger were given other sentence
- 30% of those who were convicted of a violence against a friend/acquaintance were given a prison sentence
- 3% of those who were convicted of a violence against a friend/acquaintance were given a conditional sentence
- 55% of those who were convicted of a violence against a friend/acquaintance were given a probation term
- 10% of those who were convicted of a violence against a friend/acquaintance were fined
- 3% of those who are convicted of a violence against a friend/acquaintance were given other sentence
- 17% of those who were convicted of a violence against other family member were given a prison sentence
- 4% of those who were convicted of a violence against other family member were given a conditional sentence
- 69% of those who were convicted of a violence against other family member were given a probation term
- 4% of those who were convicted of a violence against other family member were fined
- 5% of those who are convicted of a violence against other family member were given other sentence
- 19% of those who were convicted of a violence against their spouse were given a prison sentence
- 2% of those who were convicted of a violence against their spouse were given a conditional sentence
- 72% of those who were convicted of a violence against their spouse were given a probation term
- 4% of those who were convicted of a violence against their spouse were fined
- 3% of those who are convicted of a violence against their spouse were given other sentence
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