The analysis in the table below is based on data provided by jurisdictions for the RoGS for the 10-year period from 1995-96 for the number of restricted orders completed and revoked each year. As it is based on all orders during the 10-year time period covered, it provides a more reliable figure than rates for a single year, especially for those jurisdictions with relatively small annual numbers.
However, this total figure may overshadow trends over time, where order completion rates may have systematically changed as a result of changes in policy or operational factors in a particular year. Although discussion with program managers did not identify any significant changes in policy or practice over the time period that they considered likely to have made a substantial change to program outcome in any single year, there could still be incremental changes in policy or operational factors affecting long-term trends. For example, SA has shown a long-term trend of increasing order completion rates when bail supervision detainees are excluded from the comparison.
The second table therefore presents completion rates per year but needs to be interpreted with caution given the potential for annual fluctuations, especially for jurisdictions with relatively small numbers of orders per year. As noted at the start of this section, Victorian and ACT rates have not been included in these analyses. Victoria’s completion rates were 100% in 2003-04 (7 completed orders) and 91% in 2004-05 (57 orders). ACT rates (which have not been disaggregated between home detention for sentenced prisoners and remandees) were reported in the RoGS as 100%, 67%, 50% and 83% for the years 2001-02 to 2004-05 (comprising 4, 3, 4 and 12 completed orders in each year).
|
|
time period covered |
total no. orders |
total completion rate |
|
NSW |
1996-97 to 2004-05 |
5,826 |
77.0 |
|
Qld |
1995-96 to 2004-05 |
4,218 |
87.0 |
|
SA |
1995-96 to 2004-05 |
2,427 |
85.4 |
|
NT |
1995-96 to 2004-05 |
781 |
87.0 |
|
NZ |
1999-00 to 2004-05 |
6,125 |
89.0 |
* SA excludes bail supervision orders but includes front-end detention for this analysis.
|
|
95-96 |
96-97 |
97-98 |
98-99 |
99-00 |
00-01 |
01-02 |
02-03 |
03-04 |
04-05 |
|
NSW |
|
63 |
67 |
78 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
82 |
76 |
79 |
|
Qld |
85 |
86 |
89 |
91 |
89 |
90 |
80 |
83 |
87 |
84 |
|
SA |
79 |
85 |
86 |
78 |
83 |
85 |
86 |
87 |
90 |
91 |
|
NT |
86 |
73 |
91 |
93 |
95 |
93 |
86 |
83 |
86 |
92 |
|
NZ |
|
|
|
|
93 |
94 |
92 |
85 |
89 |
91 |
* SA excludes bail supervision orders but includes front-end detention for this analysis.
Given the potential for jurisdictional variation across different program types, these figures were disaggregated for NZ front-end and back-end programs. SA statistics are presented for back-end home detention only in the table and the graph below. Completion rates for the small number of SA front-end home detention orders (3 to 12 completed orders per year since commencement in 2000- 01) were 100 per cent in each year.
| 95-96 | 96-97 | 97-98 | 98-99 | 99-00 | 00-01 | 01-02 | 02-03 | 03-04 | 04-05 | |
|
SA back-end |
79 | 85 | 86 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 90 | 90 |
|
NZ front end |
92 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 88 | 93 | ||||
|
NZ back-end |
98 | 93 | 95 | 88 | 89 | 86 |
* NZ breakdowns into front-end and back-end home detention were provided directly as rate figures by NZ corrections, taken from a different information source than the data used to calculate the RoGS indicator on which the total completion rate is based, and may therefore not calculate to the same rate as for total detainees in the previous table.
