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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

Published
4 February 2019
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781787815360

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

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Table 9: Main outcomes from criminal justice social work reports: 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 1,965 1,798 1,828 1,866 1,668
Community service 153 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: unpaid work 57 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: standard conditions 26 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Probation: additional conditions 38 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Other community penalty n/a 263 257 261 410
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 3,759 3,564 3,751 3,499 3,053
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 2,852 3,318 3,392 3,246 3,263
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 4,915 4,280 4,446 4,666 4,453
Restriction of liberty order 458 429 695 975 1,279
Deferment for DTTO assessment 288 209 228 225 211
Custody 4,515 4,240 4,122 4,092 3,717
Custody: extended sentence 150 136 105 124 122
Custody: supervised release order 180 227 232 209 224
Warrant for apprehension / recall 622 552 544 582 520
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 2,259 1,956 2,046 2,211 2,009
Admonition 905 913 905 941 810
Absolute discharge 24 17 16 32 22
Other 3,024 2,875 2,315 2,451 2,455
Outcome not yet known 1,584 1,826 2,106 1,632 1,457
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.5
Community service 0.6 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 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 13.5 13.4 13.9 13.0 11.9
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 10.3 12.5 12.6 12.0 12.7
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 17.7 16.1 16.5 17.3 17.3
Restriction of liberty order 1.6 1.6 2.6 3.6 5.0
Deferment for DTTO assessment 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Custody 16.3 15.9 15.3 15.1 14.5
Custody: extended sentence 0.5 0.5  *  *  *
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9
Warrant for apprehension / recall 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.0
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 8.1 7.4 7.6 8.2 7.8
Admonition 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.2
Absolute discharge  *  *  *  *  *
Other 10.9 10.8 8.6 9.1 9.6
Outcome not yet known 5.7 6.9 7.8 6.0 5.7

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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