Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

2017-2018 statistics on various areas of criminal justice social work in Scotland.


Table 8: Criminal justice social work reports preferred sentencing options: 2013‑14 to 2017-18

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Number
Total 27,774 26,603 26,988 27,012 25,673
Monetary penalty 1,761 1,754 1,749 1,590 1,368
Community service 213 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: unpaid work 59 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: standard conditions 58 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: additional conditions 37 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Other community penalty n/a 394 188 256 314
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 4,200 4,077 4,118 3,978 3,768
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 5,015 4,956 5,181 4,882 4,713
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 3,231 3,266 3,042 3,408 3,358
Restriction of liberty order 530 551 791 946 1,120
Deferment for DTTO assessment 607 602 553 540 533
Custody 876 924 910 900 958
Custody: extended sentence 188 195 141 177 195
Custody: supervised release order 171 205 230 214 240
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 3,381 3,646 3,496 3,012 2,772
No preferred option 4,056 3,500 3,167 3,407 3,057
Other 3,391 2,533 3,422 3,702 3,277
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 6.3 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.3
Community service 0.8 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: unpaid work  * n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: standard conditions  * n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: additional conditions  * n/a n/a n/a n/a
Other community penalty n/a 1.5 0.7 0.9 1.2
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 15.1 15.3 15.3 14.7 14.7
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 18.1 18.6 19.2 18.1 18.4
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 11.6 12.3 11.3 12.6 13.1
Restriction of liberty order 1.9 2.1 2.9 3.5 4.4
Deferment for DTTO assessment 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.1
Custody 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.7
Custody: extended sentence 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 12.2 13.7 13.0 11.2 10.8
No preferred option 14.6 13.2 11.7 12.6 11.9
Other 12.2 9.5 12.7 13.7 12.8

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes 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. The category 'Other community penalty' replaced the probation and community service order categories in 2014-15.

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