Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

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Table 8 Main outcomes from criminal justice social work reports: 2012-13 to 2016‑17

  2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Number
Total 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988 27,012
Monetary penalty 2,040 1,965 1,798 1,828 1,866
Community service 487 153      
Probation: unpaid work 202 57      
Probation: standard conditions 190 26      
Probation: additional conditions 77 38      
Other community penalty     263 257 261
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 3,711 3,759 3,564 3,751 3,499
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 2,503 2,852 3,318 3,392 3,246
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 4,200 4,915 4,280 4,446 4,666
Restriction of liberty order 421 458 429 695 975
Deferment for DTTO assessment 325 288 209 228 225
Custody 4,705 4,515 4,240 4,122 4,092
Custody: extended sentence 117 150 136 105 124
Custody: supervised release order 172 180 227 232 209
Warrant for apprehension / recall 620 622 552 544 582
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 2,225 2,259 1,956 2,046 2,211
Admonition 842 905 913 905 941
Absolute discharge 17 24 17 16 32
Other 2,754 3,024 2,875 2,315 2,451
Outcome not yet known 2,414 1,584 1,826 2,106 1,632
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 7.3 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.9
Community service 1.7 0.6      
Probation: unpaid work 0.7 *      
Probation: standard conditions 0.7 *      
Probation: additional conditions * *      
Other community penalty     1.0 1.0 1.0
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 13.2 13.5 13.4 13.9 13.0
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 8.9 10.3 12.5 12.6 12.0
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 15.0 17.7 16.1 16.5 17.3
Restriction of liberty order 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.6 3.6
Deferment for DTTO assessment 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8
Custody 16.8 16.3 15.9 15.3 15.1
Custody: extended sentence * 0.5 0.5 * *
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8
Warrant for apprehension / recall 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 7.9 8.1 7.4 7.6 8.2
Admonition 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5
Absolute discharge * * * * *
Other 9.8 10.9 10.8 8.6 9.1
Outcome not yet known 8.6 5.7 6.9 7.8 6.0

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes compensation order, referral to children's hearing, psychiatric assessment, supervised attendance order, continue current order, driving disqualification, license endorsed and outcome unknown. The category 'Other community penalty' replaced the probation and community service order categories in 2014-15.

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