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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

Published
6 February 2018
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Part of
Law and order
ISBN
9781788515825

A national statistics publication for Scotland.

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Table 7 Criminal justice social work reports preferred sentencing options: 2012‑13 to 2016-17

  2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Number
Total 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988 27,012
Monetary penalty 1,883 1,761 1,754 1,749 1,590
Community service 606 213      
Probation: unpaid work 314 59      
Probation: standard conditions 147 58      
Probation: additional conditions 161 37      
Other community penalty     394 188 256
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 4,040 4,200 4,077 4,118 3,978
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 4,461 5,015 4,956 5,181 4,882
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 3,188 3,231 3,266 3,042 3,408
Restriction of liberty order 543 530 551 791 946
Deferment for DTTO assessment 702 607 602 553 540
Custody 927 876 924 910 900
Custody: extended sentence 163 188 195 141 177
Custody: supervised release order 182 171 205 230 214
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 4,204 3,381 3,646 3,496 3,012
No preferred option 3,949 4,056 3,500 3,167 3,407
Other 2,552 3,391 2,533 3,422 3,702
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.5 5.9
Community service 2.2 0.8      
Probation: unpaid work 1.1 *      
Probation: standard conditions 0.5 *      
Probation: additional conditions 0.6 *      
Other community penalty     1.5 0.7 0.9
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 14.4 15.1 15.3 15.3 14.7
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 15.9 18.1 18.6 19.2 18.1
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 11.4 11.6 12.3 11.3 12.6
Restriction of liberty order 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.9 3.5
Deferment for DTTO assessment 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0
Custody 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3
Custody: extended sentence 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 15.0 12.2 13.7 13.0 11.2
No preferred option 14.1 14.6 13.2 11.7 12.6
Other 9.1 12.2 9.5 12.7 13.7

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes structured deferred sentences, absolute discharge, admonition, referral to children's hearing, remand to secure unit, supervised attendance order, driving ban, compensation order, continue current order, psychiatric assessment, revoke and impose new order, suspended sentence, non-specific community disposals and no suitable disposal. The category 'Other community penalty' replaced the probation and community service order categories in 2014-15.

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