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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2013-14

Published
30 March 2015
ISBN
9781785442582

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.

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Table 5 Criminal justice social work reports submitted by age group, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2009-10 to 2013-14

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number
Total 34,731 32,011 31,879 28,022 27,774
Age group
16-171 2,810 2,105 1,911 1,369 1,173
18-20 5,971 5,374 5,056 3,835 3,445
21-25 7,256 6,712 6,426 5,810 5,443
26-30 5,604 5,194 5,113 4,737 4,588
31-40 7,332 6,987 7,332 6,654 6,818
Over 40 5,758 5,639 6,041 5,617 6,307
Gender
Males 28,809 26,612 26,558 23,185 23,006
Females 5,922 5,399 5,321 4,837 4,768
Employment status
Full-time education 688 624 630 465 442
Employed/self employed 7,082 7,013 6,086 5,859 5,944
Unemployed 18,738 17,836 18,141 15,606 14,825
Government training scheme 302 283 209 138 121
Economically inactive2 4,771 4,666 4,635 3,867 3,754
Other 3,150 1,589 2,178 2,087 2,688
Ethnicity
White 30,918 28,876 28,501 24,900 24,364
Asian 387 351 360 247 313
African, Caribbean or Black 209 158 172 145 165
Mixed 117 129 113 80 96
Other 458 275 312 327 288
Not known/provided 2,642 2,222 2,421 2,323 2,548
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group
16-171 8.1 6.6 6.0 4.9 4.2
18-20 17.2 16.8 15.9 13.7 12.4
21-25 20.9 21.0 20.2 20.7 19.6
26-30 16.1 16.2 16.0 16.9 16.5
31-40 21.1 21.8 23.0 23.7 24.5
Over 40 16.6 17.6 18.9 20.0 22.7
Gender
Males 82.9 83.1 83.3 82.7 82.8
Females 17.1 16.9 16.7 17.3 17.2
Employment status
Full-time education 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.6
Employed/self employed 20.4 21.9 19.1 20.9 21.4
Unemployed 54.0 55.7 56.9 55.7 53.4
Government training scheme 0.9 0.9 0.7 * *
Economically inactive2 13.7 14.6 14.5 13.8 13.5
Other 9.1 5.0 6.8 7.4 9.7
Ethnicity (where known)
White 96.4 96.9 96.8 96.9 96.6
Asian 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.2
African, Caribbean or Black 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Mixed * * * * *
Other 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.1

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports.

1. May include a small number of under 16s.

2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

Contact

Email: Alan Fleming

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