Common Assault / Racially or religiously aggravated Common Assault Survey Questions

Please select the magistrates' court you are accessing this from:*
Please note you can select 'Other' or 'Prefer not to say'.
Please write the name of your court here*
Please tell us whether you are magistrate, district judge, or deputy district judge:*
- Magistrate
- District judge
- Deputy district judge
Date of commission of offence:*
Use date picker or input, for example, 04/07/2020
Date of sentencing:*
Use date picker or input, for example, 04/07/2020

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Please select the offence*
This form should only be completed where the PRINCIPAL OFFENCE - i.e. the offence which, on the facts of the case, has attracted the highest sentence - is one of the offences listed below:
- Common Assault, Criminal Justice Act 1988, s.39
- Racially or religiously aggravated common assault, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, s.29
Gender of offender:*
- Male
- Female
- Non-binary/Other
Approximate age band of offender:*
- Under 18
- 18-25
- 26 and over
If the offender is Under 18 please do not complete and close the survey by clicking or touching the cross at the top of your browser window.

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Please select your sentence starting point:*
- Band A fine
- Medium level community order
- High level community order
- Other
Please specify:

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Was the offence committed in a domestic context?*
- Yes
- No
Broadly speaking, how did the domestic context affect your sentencing decision?
- Increased the sentence (increased sentence length or raised threshold)
- Made little or no difference to the sentence
- Decreased the sentence
- Other
How did it increase the sentence?
Please give details if applicable:
How did it decrease the sentence?
Please specify:

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Was the offence racially or religiously aggravated?*
- Racially
- Religiously
- Both
- Neither
What was the adjustment in the sentence because of racial or religious aggravation?
- More requirements on a community order
- Percentage increase in sentence length (e.g. length of custody, fine, number of hours of unpaid work)
- Raised threshold (e.g. from fine to CO, or CO to custody)
- No adjustment
Please state percentage:
Please enter a value between 1 and 100.

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Taking all things into consideration, what would you say was the single most important factor affecting your sentence?

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Are there any aspects of the Covid-19 situation that may have affected the sentencing of this case?*
- Yes
- No
How did it affect it?
Please specify:

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Is there anything else you would like to tell us about how you sentenced this offence?

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