Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2013-14

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Table 29 Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2009-10 to 2013-14

  Cases commenced Caseload at 31 March
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
    Number
Total 1,019 1,028 1,072 965 1,048 3,181 3,107 3,204 3,347 3,318
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 544 488 534 456 482 1,637 1,578 1,625 1,597 1,566
Extended sentence 157 189 179 151 189 527 510 514 549 579
Life sentence 54 48 56 39 46 693 708 709 779 725
Order for lifelong restriction 16 14 14 8 12 30 48 57 75 91
Short-term sex offender1 71 84 59 84 90 64 44 54 69 85
Supervised release order 177 205 230 227 229 230 219 245 278 272
    Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 53.4 47.5 49.8 47.3 46.0 51.5 50.8 50.7 47.7 47.2
Extended sentence 15.4 18.4 16.7 15.6 18.0 16.6 16.4 16.0 16.4 17.5
Life sentence 5.3 4.7 5.2 4.0 4.4 21.8 22.8 22.1 23.3 21.9
Order for lifelong restriction 1.6 1.4 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.7
Short-term sex offender1 7.0 8.2 5.5 8.7 8.6 2.0 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.6
Supervised release order 17.4 19.9 21.5 23.5 21.9 7.2 7.0 7.6 8.3 8.2

1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.

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