Indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)

Legislation: Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) s 68(3)

Maximum penalty: 10 years imprisonment

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

Charges

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Cases

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged under 25

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 151 charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was imprisonment (70.9% or 107 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 17 cases sentenced in the higher courts in the five years to 30 June 2024, indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case). Among the 17 cases, 17 people were male and 0 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was an 'other' sentence type (64.7% or 11 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 151 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 2**: Imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 107 charges**
**Range and median**: The shortest imprisonment length is 0.17 years, the longest is 4 years, and the median is 1.5 years, meaning that half of the imprisonment lengths are below 1.5 years and half are above.
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 6**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 151 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 7**: Number of charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 151 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 8**: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 107 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 11A**: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 11B**: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 11F**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 18**: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) by financial year
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 19**: Number of cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) for all people by financial year
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing age groups of offenders for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 22A**: Ages of offenders (where age is known) for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing gender of offenders for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 22B**: Gender of offenders (where gender is known) for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of charges in cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed) — **Figure 22C**: Number of charges per case (of any sentenced offence) for cases of indecent assault of a male aged under 16 (repealed)
**Number: 17 cases**