TABLE 8.7
	PERSONS BROUGHT BEFORE THE CRIMINAL COURTS 1998 -2007
	Category	As of 31st December …..
		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	Total All
	Total Cases brought before the criminal courts	311	1056	1065	1882	1361	1275	1560	1682	1804	2112
	Convicted	311	761	548	1165	776	698	798	735	498	909
	Acquitted	-	40	18	24	10	35	21	6	0	0
	Withdrawn before court	-	75	32	24	38	37	53	25	6	11
	Pending Trial	-	-	193	240	134	117	201	208	574	499
	Under Inquiry	-	-	188	284	273	246	210	335	594	368
	Undetected	-	-	86	145	130	142	277	373	132	325
	Crime Reports
	Total Cases brought before the criminal courts	311	420	382	415	360	353	378	498	577	608
	Convicted	311	326	106	52	44	50	43	53	46	55
	Acquitted	-	28	11	6	3	12	4	0	0	0
	Withdrawn before court	-	66	15	11	10	6	5	1	6	2
	Pending Trial	-	-	30	49	22	20	25	41	87	101
	Under Inquiry	-	-	136	169	158	136	57	51	313	153
	Undetected	-	-	84	128	123	129	244	352	125	297
	Traffic Offfences
	Total Cases brought before the criminal courts	-	636	683	1467	1001	922	1182	1184	1227	1504
	Convicted	-	435	442	1113	732	648	755	682	452	854
	Acquitted	-	12	7	18	7	23	17	6	0	0
	Withdrawn before court	-	9	17	13	28	31	48	24	0	9
	Pending Trial	-	140	163	191	112	97	176	167	487	398
	Under Inquiry	-	27	52	115	115	110	153	284	281	215
	Undetected	-	13	2	17	7	13	33	21	7	28
	Source : Royal Anguilla Police Force
	Last Updated: February 2nd, 2009
	NB - Total Persons brought before the criminal courts changed to  Total Cases brought before the criminal courts
	Dismissal: a decision by a judicial officer to terminate a case without a determination of guilt or innocence.
	Acquitted -The judgement of a court that a person charged with a crime has not been proved to be guilty
	Judicial reprimand: You get a stern lecture from the judge in a minor case where being apprehended, taken to court, and reprimanded is enough to hold you accountable for your crime.
	Absolute discharge: Even though you are guilty, there is no finding of guilt registered against you. The discharge is removed from your record after one year
	Withdrawn: charges against a defendant may be withdrawn, that is, reversed.
	Discharge: the release of a defendant from further court proceedings due to the dismissal or withdrawal of charges.