Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.

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Table 8 Main outcomes from criminal justice social work reports: 2011-12 to 2015‑16

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Number
Total 31,879 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988
Monetary penalty 2,517 2,040 1,965 1,798 1,828
Community service 2,418 487 153    
Probation: unpaid work 1,046 202 57    
Probation: standard conditions 853 190 26    
Probation: additional conditions 490 77 38    
Other community penalty       263 257
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 2,098 3,711 3,759 3,564 3,751
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 2,019 2,503 2,852 3,318 3,392
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 3,689 4,200 4,915 4,280 4,446
Restriction of liberty order 375 421 458 429 695
Deferment for DTTO assessment 302 325 288 209 228
Custody 5,435 4,705 4,515 4,240 4,122
Custody: extended sentence 150 117 150 136 105
Custody: supervised release order 199 172 180 227 232
Warrant for apprehension / recall 869 620 622 552 544
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 2,688 2,225 2,259 1,956 2,046
Admonition 1,061 842 905 913 905
Absolute discharge 21 17 24 17 16
Other 2,766 2,754 3,024 2,875 2,315
Outcome not yet known 2,883 2,414 1,584 1,826 2,106
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 7.9 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.8
Community service 7.6 1.7 0.6    
Probation: unpaid work 3.3 0.7 *    
Probation: standard conditions 2.7 0.7 *    
Probation: additional conditions 1.5 * *    
Other community penalty       1.0 1.0
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 6.6 13.2 13.5 13.4 13.9
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 6.3 8.9 10.3 12.5 12.6
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 11.6 15.0 17.7 16.1 16.5
Restriction of liberty order 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.6
Deferment for DTTO assessment 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8
Custody 17.0 16.8 16.3 15.9 15.3
Custody: extended sentence * * 0.5 0.5 *
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9
Warrant for apprehension / recall 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 8.4 7.9 8.1 7.4 7.6
Admonition 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4
Absolute discharge * * * * *
Other 8.7 9.8 10.9 10.8 8.6
Outcome not yet known 9.0 8.6 5.7 6.9 7.8

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes compensation order, referral to children's hearing, psychiatric assessment, supervised attendance order, continue current order, driving disqualification, license endorsed and outcome unknown. Community payback order was also recorded as 'Other' in 2010-11. The category 'Other community penalty' replaced the probation and community service order categories in 2014-15.

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