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 6 Criminal justice social work reports by preferred sentencing options: 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
Monetary penalty 2,640 2,292 2,261 1,883 1,761
Community service 5,836 5,456 2,830 606 213
Probation: unpaid work 1,706 1,887 989 314 59
Probation: standard conditions 3,702 3,431 1,186 147 58
Probation: additional conditions 3,151 2,889 1,037 161 37
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision .. 2,511 4,040 4,200
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work .. 3,192 4,461 5,015
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision .. 2,916 3,188 3,231
Restriction of liberty order 784 702 499 543 530
Deferment for DTTO assessment 1,024 757 649 702 607
Custody 1,051 1,015 1,053 927 876
Custody: extended sentence 145 105 171 163 188
Custody: supervised release order 142 128 203 182 171
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 5,712 4,998 4,630 4,204 3,381
No preferred option 5,391 5,011 4,382 3,949 4,056
Other 3,447 3,340 3,370 2,552 3,391
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 7.6 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.3
Community service 16.8 17.0 8.9 2.2 0.8
Probation: unpaid work 4.9 5.9 3.1 1.1 *
Probation: standard conditions 10.7 10.7 3.7 0.5 *
Probation: additional conditions 9.1 9.0 3.3 0.6 *
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision .. 7.9 14.4 15.1
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work .. 10.0 15.9 18.1
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision .. 9.1 11.4 11.6
Restriction of liberty order 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.9 1.9
Deferment for DTTO assessment 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.2
Custody 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2
Custody: extended sentence * * 0.5 0.6 0.7
Custody: supervised release order * * 0.6 0.6 0.6
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 16.4 15.6 14.5 15.0 12.2
No preferred option 15.5 15.7 13.7 14.1 14.6
Other 9.9 10.4 10.6 9.1 12.2

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes structured deferred sentences, absolute discharge, admonition, referral to children's hearing, remand to secure unit, supervised attendance order, driving ban, compensation order, continue current order, psychiatric assessment, revoke and impose new order, suspended sentence, non-specific community disposals and no suitable disposal. Community payback order was also recorded as 'other' in 2010-11.

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