Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2011-12

This statistical bulletin presents national level information on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland, including Criminal Justice Social Work Reports and “social work orders” - made up of Community Payback Orders (CPOs), the predecessors to CPOs (Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Supervised Attendance Orders) and Drug Treatment & Testing Orders.


Table 2 Reports Submitted and Orders Commenced by Age, Gender, Employment Status and Ethnicity, 2011-12 : Number and Per cent

CJSW
reports(1,2)
Total social
work orders
CPOs CSOs(3) POs(4) POs with
UPW
SAOs DTTOs DPs
Number
Total 31,879 19,746 10,228 3,044 3,040 1,276 2,877 557 1,260
Age group
16-17(5) 1,911 897 584 70 207 71 35 1 349
18-20 5,056 2,903 1,601 470 551 265 271 10 188
21-25 6,426 4,414 2,218 668 663 312 798 67 104
26-30 5,113 3,395 1,667 491 497 190 588 152 114
31-40 7,332 4,700 2,337 712 617 252 776 258 201
Over 40 6,041 3,437 1,821 633 505 186 409 69 304
Gender
Males 26,558 16,675 8,826 2,463 2,400 1,097 2,531 455 779
Females 5,321 3,071 1,402 581 640 179 346 102 481
Employment status
Full Time Education 630 378 201 64 77 26 33 3 136
Employed/Self Employed 6,086 4,034 1,954 1,054 532 287 472 22 223
Unemployed 18,141 11,954 6,362 1,516 1,835 775 1,805 436 654
Government Training Scheme 209 173 62 35 36 16 40 - 37
Not Seeking Employment 4,635 2,164 1,116 286 470 129 216 76 107
Other (6) 2,178 1,043 533 89 90 43 311 20 103
Ethnicity
White 28,501 17,658 9,189 2,643 2,801 1,135 2,505 520 1,034
Asian 360 202 93 52 32 15 23 2 23
African, Caribbean or Black 172 69 32 16 13 6 6 2 15
Mixed 113 58 25 20 7 4 4 2 -
Other 312 223 85 39 20 8 69 10 5
Not known / not provided 2,421 1,536 804 274 167 108 270 21 183
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group
16-17(5) 6.0 4.5 5.7 2.3 6.8 5.6 1.2 0.2 27.7
18-20 15.9 14.7 15.7 15.4 18.1 20.8 9.4 1.8 14.9
21-25 20.2 22.4 21.7 21.9 21.8 24.5 27.7 12.0 8.3
26-30 16.0 17.2 16.3 16.1 16.3 14.9 20.4 27.3 9.0
31-40 23.0 23.8 22.8 23.4 20.3 19.7 27.0 46.3 16.0
Over 40 18.9 17.4 17.8 20.8 16.6 14.6 14.2 12.4 24.1
Gender
Males 83.3 84.4 86.3 80.9 78.9 86.0 88.0 81.7 61.8
Females 16.7 15.6 13.7 19.1 21.1 14.0 12.0 18.3 38.2
Employment status
Full Time Education 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.0 1.1 0.5 10.8
Employed/Self Employed 19.1 20.4 19.1 34.6 17.5 22.5 16.4 3.9 17.7
Unemployed 56.9 60.5 62.2 49.8 60.4 60.7 62.7 78.3 51.9
Government Training Scheme 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 - 2.9
Not Seeking Employment 14.5 11.0 10.9 9.4 15.5 10.1 7.5 13.6 8.5
Other (6) 6.8 5.3 5.2 2.9 3.0 3.4 10.8 3.6 8.2
Ethnicity (where known / provided)
White 96.8 97.0 97.5 95.4 97.5 97.2 96.1 97.0 96.0
Asian 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.1 1.3 0.9 0.4 2.1
Black 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.4
Mixed 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 -
Other 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.7 0.7 2.6 1.9 0.5

1. Prior to 1st February 2011, Criminal Justice Social Work (CJSW) reports were known as Social Enquiry Reports.
2. Reports submitted to the Courts, excluding supplementary reports (see Notes & Definitions, paragraph 11.6).
3. Excludes POs with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
4. Includes POs with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
5. Includes a small number of reports relating to clients aged under 16 years.
6. 'Other' employment status includes employment status not known, retired, part time education, custody, supported by parents, caring for relatives, permanently sick, not eligible for benefits.

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