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STATISTICS OFFENDERS PROBATION ACT, 1920 Ages and Terms of Probation of the Offenders Admitted to Probation During the Year 1948

Summary of Cases Dealt With During the Year 1948

Breaches of Conditions jf Release Committed During 1948 Failed to report, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 87 Committed further offences .. .. .. .. .. ..113 Absconded (still untraced) .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. ..207 Costs of Prosecution and Restitution-moneys Collected During the Year Ended 31st March, 1949 £ s. d. Amount of costs of prosecution collected by Probation Officers .. 715 2 6 Amount of restitution-moneys collected .. .. .. 7,436 0 3 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £8,151 2 9

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Age, in Years. Six Months or under. One Year. Eighteen Months. Two Years. Three Years. Four Years. Five Years. Total. Under 20 years of age .. 20 and under 25 25 „ 30 30 „ 40 40" „ 50 50 „ 60 60 „ 70 70 and over .. 22 23 7 14 2 3 1 1 140 165 63 84 31 20 7 2 16 20 11 15 3 78 97 48 48 22 - 7 6 2 12 21 20 13 5 1 3 Z i 268 327 149 174 63 31 17 7 Totals 73 512 65 308 77 I 1 1,036 1

— Admitted to Probation. Deferred Sentence. Total. Number reporting on 1st January, 1948 Admitted to probation during the year Resumed probation—previously struck off 1,307 1,036 2 59 36 1,366 1,072 2 Totals 2,345 95 2,440 Completed probation during the year Deceased Discharged by Prison Board Left the Dominion Absconded and not traced (term expired) Resentenced on the original charge .. ,. Committed further offences Conviction quashed 744 9 10 48 8 . 42 59 2 36 2 2 1 780 9 10 48 10 44 60 2 Totals 922 41 963 Number reporting on 31st December, 1948 1,423 54 1,477