Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2013-14
An annual publication of statistics on community payback and other social work orders, including breaches and terminations of orders, as well as criminal justice social work (CJSW) reports and other areas of CJSW.
Table 1 Summary of criminal justice social work activity: 2007-08 to 2013-14
| 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diversion from prosecution | |||||||
| Cases commenced | 956 | 962 | 1,053 | 958 | 1,260 | 1,664 | 2,250 |
| Individuals | 939 | 929 | 933 | 939 | 1,231 | 1,512 | 2,061 |
| Cases successfully completed | 818 | 779 | 763 | 800 | 898 | 1,217 | 1,462 |
| Bail supervision | |||||||
| Cases commenced | 729 | 583 | 481 | 450 | 497 | 411 | 417 |
| Individuals | 657 | 496 | 436 | 430 | 467 | 397 | 400 |
| Criminal justice social work reports1 | |||||||
| Total reports submitted (including supplementaries) | 41,986 | 42,472 | 40,762 | 37,504 | 36,367 | 32,558 | 31,406 |
| Individuals with reports submitted | 28,947 | 29,247 | 28,888 | 27,371 | 26,922 | 24,785 | 23,740 |
| Supplementary reports submitted | 6,100 | 6,159 | 6,031 | 5,493 | 4,488 | 4,536 | 3,632 |
| Social work orders | |||||||
| Commencements | 19,947 | 20,674 | 19,865 | 18,044 | 19,746 | 19,656 | 20,363 |
| Community payback orders2,3 | .. | 10,228 | 16,057 | 18,599 | |||
| Community service orders | 6,202 | 6,437 | 6,429 | 5,940 | 3,044 | 693 | 227 |
| Probation orders | 8,706 | 9,179 | 8,838 | 8,136 | 3,040 | 514 | 138 |
| With an element of unpaid work | 3,053 | 3,324 | 3,236 | 3,031 | 1,276 | 216 | 71 |
| Supervised attendance orders | 4,438 | 4,306 | 3,859 | 3,307 | 2,877 | 1,752 | 779 |
| Drug treatment and testing orders3 | 601 | 752 | 739 | 661 | 557 | 640 | 620 |
| Individuals | 18,169 | 18,786 | 18,127 | 16,554 | 18,044 | 17,177 | 17,623 |
| Community payback orders3 | .. | 9,376 | 13,983 | 16,028 | |||
| Community service orders | 5,874 | 6,124 | 6,053 | 5,665 | 2,933 | 656 | 219 |
| Probation orders | 7,984 | 8,422 | 8,182 | 7,520 | 2,833 | 490 | 130 |
| With an element of unpaid work | 2,887 | 3,135 | 3,074 | 2,875 | 1,228 | 213 | 66 |
| Supervised attendance orders | 3,768 | 3,582 | 3,219 | 2,764 | 2,380 | 1,472 | 654 |
| Drug treatment and testing orders3 | 543 | 658 | 673 | 605 | 522 | 576 | 592 |
| Orders in force at 31 March4 | |||||||
| Community payback orders3 | .. | .. | 13,738 | 17,010 | |||
| Drug treatment and testing orders3 | .. | .. | 747 | 706 | |||
| Terminations | 16,135 | 18,889 | 18,290 | 17,869 | 17,213 | 18,505 | 19,197 |
| Community payback orders3 | .. | 2,616 | 10,409 | 15,327 | |||
| Community service orders | 5,825 | 6,883 | 6,737 | 6,082 | 4,706 | 2,037 | 759 |
| Probation orders5 | 6,849 | 7,488 | 7,551 | 7,883 | 6,619 | 3,339 | 996 |
| Supervised attendance orders | 2,970 | 3,976 | 3,414 | 3,246 | 2,639 | 2,128 | 1,454 |
| Drug treatment and testing orders3 | 491 | 542 | 588 | 658 | 633 | 592 | 661 |
| Proportion of completions/discharges | 59.7 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 64.2 | 68.6 | 68.8 | 70.6 |
| Community payback orders3,6 | .. | 68.8 | 68.5 | 72.2 | |||
| Community service orders | 64.6 | 63.6 | 69.6 | 74.0 | 74.4 | 71.1 | 69.2 |
| Probation orders5 | 58.4 | 56.6 | 57.0 | 59.8 | 67.1 | 74.8 | 78.6 |
| Supervised attendance orders | 56.7 | 60.6 | 63.9 | 60.1 | 65.1 | 62.9 | 58.3 |
| Drug treatment and testing orders3 | 37.3 | 39.7 | 44.7 | 46.0 | 53.6 | 52.4 | 52.2 |
| Statutory throughcare | |||||||
| Cases commenced (custody) | 1,247 | 1,110 | 1,019 | 1,028 | 1,072 | 965 | 1,048 |
| Cases commenced (community) | 1,056 | 1,238 | 1,062 | 1,046 | 1,047 | 1,001 | 1,027 |
| Cases completed (community) | 879 | 1,062 | 845 | 881 | 944 | 927 | 1,019 |
| Cases in force at 31 March (custody/community) | 5,292 | 5,388 | 5,546 | 5,392 | 5,576 | 5,778 | 6,003 |
| Voluntary throughcare (assistance) | |||||||
| Cases commenced | 2,681 | 2,883 | 2,683 | 2,725 | 2,625 | 2,597 | 2,489 |
| Individuals who received assistance | 2,253 | 2,545 | 2,433 | 2,350 | 2,428 | 2,464 | 2,327 |
| Throughcare addiction services cases commenced | 1,424 | 1,453 | 1,523 | 1,515 | 1,486 | 1,320 | 1,180 |
| Pre-release reports | |||||||
| Total | 2,701 | 2,854 | 3,251 | 3,616 | 3,425 | 2,982 | 3,184 |
| Home leave reports | 1,315 | 1,230 | 1,569 | 2,055 | 1,923 | 1,500 | 1,597 |
| Home circumstance reports (parole/non-parole) | 1,386 | 1,624 | 1,682 | 1,561 | 1,502 | 1,482 | 1,587 |
1. Social enquiry reports prior to February 2011.
2. Information on orders commenced was collected from local authorities from 2011-12 onward. Figures from the Scottish Court Service suggest around 300 community payback orders were imposed in 2010-11. Figures are available at http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/CPOs.
3. 2012-13 figures for community payback orders and drug treatment & testing orders revised since original publication due to updated information being received from some local authorities.
4. Data based on unit-level returns from 2012-13 onward.
5. 2012-13 figures for probation orders terminated slightly revised since original publication due to updated figures being supplied for Moray.
6. As a result of the revision of the 2012-13 figures for community payback orders, the reason for termination is not known for a small number of orders. The figure for the proportion of completions/discharges has therefore been calculated as a proportion of the orders where this reason was known.
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