Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

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


Table 34: Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2013-14 to 2017-18

Cases commenced Caseload at 31 March
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Number
Total 1,048 1,033 1,027 1,042 1,042 3,318 3,376 3,375 3,330 3,404
Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) 482 442 443 443 460 1,566 1,510 1,474 1,469 1,543
Extended sentence 189 178 152 167 129 579 581 559 558 526
Life sentence 46 36 25 34 30 725 774 790 770 761
Order for lifelong restriction 12 10 9 5 11 91 98 108 121 130
Short-term sex offender1 90 90 107 116 149 85 87 102 115 132
Supervised release order 229 277 291 277 263 272 326 342 297 312
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) 46.0 42.8 43.1 42.5 44.1 47.2 44.7 43.7 44.1 45.3
Extended sentence 18.0 17.2 14.8 16.0 12.4 17.5 17.2 16.6 16.8 15.5
Life sentence 4.4 3.5 2.4 3.3 2.9 21.9 22.9 23.4 23.1 22.4
Order for lifelong restriction 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8
Short-term sex offender1 8.6 8.7 10.4 11.1 14.3 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.9
Supervised release order 21.9 26.8 28.3 26.6 25.2 8.2 9.7 10.1 8.9 9.2

1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.

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