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Under 24s prosecuted in Scottish Sherriff Courts: FOI release

Published: 28 July 2017
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Part of: Law and order, Public sector

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

FOI reference: FOI/17/01466
Date received: 14 July 2017
Date responded: 26 July 2017

Information requested

Data on the number of under 24s prosecuted in Glasgow/Scotland as well the outcomes of these prosecutions.

Response

The answer to your question is provided in the following table.

People aged under 24 prosecuted in Scottish sheriff courts, where main charge, by result, 2015-16

Result	Scotland	Glasgow
Not guilty	2,817	468
Custody	2,546	361
Community sentence	4,761	663
Monetary	4,014	374
Remit to childrens hearing	69	13
Admonished	2,594	341
Other	176	20
Total prosecuted	16,977	2,240

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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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