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TABLE 27
YEARLY TRENDS IN NUMBER AND PERCENT OF REFERRALS TO
SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PROBATION BY SOURCE OF REFERRAL
Source of Referrals
Family High Court
Family Magistrates’ Court
Intake Officer (Independent)
Aug 09 -Jul 10
Aug 10 -Jul 11
Aug 11 -Jul 12
Aug 12 -Jul 13
Total
77
9%
88
16%
102
17%
103
14%
370
751
91%
464
84%
508
83%
634
86%
2357
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
828
100%
552
100%
610
100%
737
100%
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Hall of Justice High Court
Matrimonial
Total
Table 27 presents statistics on the trends of referrals to social intervention
services from both the Family High Court and the Family Magistrates’ Court.
The referrals to social intervention for probation services for 2012/13 totaled
737, with the majority 86% coming from the Family Magistrates’ Court. Similar trends were observed in the previous court years with 83% in 2011/12,
84% in 2010/11 and 91% in 2009/10. On the contrary, only 103 or 14% were
referred from the High Court in 2012/13, 102 or 17% in 2011/12, 88 or 16% in
2010/11 and 77 or 9% in 2009/10. Over the years the numbers of referrals
from the Family Magistrates’ Court has always been significantly higher than
that of the Family High Court.
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