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<p /> <p /> <p>The number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against
at magistrates' courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts under Sections
2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, in England and Wales, from 2012
to 2013 (the latest data available), can be viewed in the table. These offences came
into force in November 2012.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Offenders cautioned
and defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court, found guilty and sentenced
at all courts for 'stalking' offences, England and Wales, 2012 to 2013 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Statute</td><td>Offence</td><td>
</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="14">Protection
from Harassment Act 1997, S.2A</td><td rowspan="14">Pursue course of conduct in breach
of S.1(1) which amounts to stalking.</td><td>Cautions</td><td>-</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded against</td><td>8</td><td>293</td></tr><tr><td>Found
guilty</td><td>2</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>Sentenced</td><td>2</td><td>192</td></tr><tr><td>of
which</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Absolute discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Conditional
discharge</td><td>1</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Fine</td><td>1</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Community
sentence</td><td>-</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Suspended sentence</td><td>-</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>Immediate
custody</td><td>-</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Otherwise dealt with <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>-</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="14">Protection
from Harassment Act 1997, S.4A</td><td rowspan="14">Stalking involving fear of violence
and involving serious alarm/distress</td><td>Cautions</td><td>-</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded against</td><td>-</td><td>154</td></tr><tr><td>Found
guilty</td><td>-</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Sentenced</td><td>-</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>of
which</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Absolute discharge</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Conditional
discharge</td><td>-</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Fine</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Community
sentence</td><td>-</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Suspended sentence</td><td>-</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Immediate
custody</td><td>-</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Otherwise dealt with</td><td>-</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) The figures
given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences
for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for or found guilty
of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed
for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory
maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the
figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that
these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by
the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data
collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when
those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5">(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty
as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed
for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">(4) The category
Otherwise Dealt With (ODW) includes: one day in police cells; disqualification order;
restraining order; confiscation order; travel restriction order; disqualification
from driving; recommendation for deportation; and other miscellaneous disposals.</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>NB Offences
introduced 25 November 2012</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Source: Justice
Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQs 201066</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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