This range of criminal offences includes offences of a sexual nature committed by a person against a child under 16 years old.
These County Court of Victoria case summaries and statistics highlight sentencing outcomes for child sex offences including:
'Imprisonment' above includes all sentences that have immediate custody as a component of the total sentence. This may include imprisonment combined with a community corrections order, a partially suspended sentence, or another custodial sentencing outcome.
'Other' above includes adjourned undertakings with and without conviction, aggregate fines, non-custodial supervision orders, suspended sentences, and Youth Justice Centre orders.
This graph includes cases with a sentence of imprisonment or aggregate imprisonment only.
'Imprisonment' above includes all sentences that have immediate custody as a component of the total sentence. This may include imprisonment combined with a community corrections order, a partially suspended sentence, or another custodial sentencing outcome.
'Other' above includes custodial and non-custodial supervision orders, residential treatment orders, and Youth Justice Centre orders.
This graph includes cases with a sentence of imprisonment or aggregate imprisonment only.
This sentence was amended in 2017 to include victims under 12 years old.
'Imprisonment' above includes all sentences that have immediate custody as a component of the total sentence. This may include imprisonment combined with a community corrections order, a partially suspended sentence, or another custodial sentencing outcome.
'Other' above includes adjourned undertakings with and without conviction, non-custodial supervision orders, and Youth Justice Centre orders.
This graph includes cases with a sentence of imprisonment or aggregate imprisonment only.