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Figure 3.18 Non-suspended or partially-suspended custodial sentences handed down in the first
instance according to term category (2005-2010)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
201
More than
4 years
>3-4 years
>2-3 years
>1-2 years
10-12 months
7-9 months
4-6 months
0-3 months
Usually (in 62% of cases), non-suspended community service orders of no longer than a year are imposed.
On average, 16% of cases involve non-suspended community service orders of more than two
years. It is striking that non-suspended custodial sentences with a shorter term were imposed more often
in 2010 than in the preceding years. However, this is not necessarily in contradiction with the previouslystated
trend towards more severe sentences. It is possible that in cases in which a community service
order would usually have been imposed in the past, it is now more often the case that a non-suspended
sentence with a relatively short term or a partially suspended custodial sentence is imposed. BNRM
has not carried out any further research into this. In 2009 and 2010, the community service orders did
indeed – more often than in preceding years – have a longer term (see figure 3.19).
Community service orders handed down in first instance according to term category
Figure 3.19 provides an overview of the term of the community service orders that were imposed in the
cases in which a sentence was handed down which – in any case – involved a community service order 478
in the period from 2005 to 2010. 479
Figure 3.19 Community service orders handed down in first instance according to term category
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Years
More than 240 hours
121-240 hours
1-120 hours
Fully suspended
478 Whether or not in combination with another (more severe) main sentence.
479 Please refer to Appendix 4, Table B4.18 for the table containing the complete summary of this data.