Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

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Table 32 Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2012-13 to 2016-17

  Cases commenced Caseload at 31 March
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2 2015-16 2,3 2016-17 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 3 2016-17
Number
Total 965 1,048 1,033 1,027 1,042 3,347 3,318 3,376 3,375 3,330
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 456 482 442 443 443 1,597 1,566 1,510 1,474 1,469
Extended sentence 151 189 178 152 167 549 579 581 559 558
Life sentence 39 46 36 25 34 779 725 774 790 770
Order for lifelong restriction 8 12 10 9 5 75 91 98 108 121
Short-term sex offender 1 84 90 90 107 116 69 85 87 102 115
Supervised release order 227 229 277 291 277 278 272 326 342 297
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 47.3 46.0 42.8 43.1 42.5 47.7 47.2 44.7 43.7 44.1
Extended sentence 15.6 18.0 17.2 14.8 16.0 16.4 17.5 17.2 16.6 16.8
Life sentence 4.0 4.4 3.5 2.4 3.3 23.3 21.9 22.9 23.4 23.1
Order for lifelong restriction 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.5 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.6
Short-term sex offender 1 8.7 8.6 8.7 10.4 11.1 2.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5
Supervised release order 23.5 21.9 26.8 28.3 26.6 8.3 8.2 9.7 10.1 8.9

1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
2. Figures for cases commenced for 2014-15 & 2015-16 have been revised from those originally published due to the receipt of updated information for Stirling
3. Figures for 2015-16 have been revised from those originally published due to the receipt of updated information for Aberdeen City.

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