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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 35: Statutory throughcare in the community by type of licence: 2013-14 to 2017-18

Cases commenced Caseload at 31 March Cases completed
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
 Number
Total 1,027  1,085  982  1,121  1,010  2,685  2,524  2,427  2,503  2,428  911  942  982  1,101  1,121 
Parole 198 176 183 186 123 482 457 444 430 346 174 166 170 194 143
Non parole 269 252 202 264 216 438 425 338 359 349 249 230 232 245 207
Extended sentence 162 190 161 181 170 590 451 428 451 470 126 151 167 145 182
Life 58 68 32 47 46 467 464 430 454 448 26 46 38 45 49
Short-term sex offender1 83 100 87 98 125 64 75 88 82 102 90 69 86 118 128
Supervised release order 205 237 265 287 252 235 217 261 253 215 201 221 239 297 304
Recalled prisoner2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 341 364 368 384 386 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Other 52 62 52 58 78 68 71 70 90 112 45 59 50 57 108
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Parole 19.3 16.2 18.6 16.6 12.2 18.0 18.1 18.3 17.2 14.3 19.1 17.6 17.3 17.6 12.8
Non parole 26.2 23.2 20.6 23.6 21.4 16.3 16.8 13.9 14.3 14.4 27.3 24.4 23.6 22.3 18.5
Extended sentence 15.8 17.5 16.4 16.1 16.8 22.0 17.9 17.6 18.0 19.4 13.8 16.0 17.0 13.2 16.2
Life 5.6 6.3 3.3 4.2 4.6 17.4 18.4 17.7 18.1 18.5 2.9 4.9 3.9 4.1 4.4
Short-term sex offender1 8.1 9.2 8.9 8.7 12.4 2.4 3.0 3.6 3.3 4.2 9.9 7.3 8.8 10.7 11.4
Supervised release order 20.0 21.8 27.0 25.6 25.0 8.8 8.6 10.8 10.1 8.9 22.1 23.5 24.3 27.0 27.1
Recalled prisoner2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12.7 14.4 15.2 15.3 15.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Other 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.2 7.7 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.6 4.6 4.9 6.3 5.1 5.2 9.6

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

2. Individuals recalled to custody from license/order for community supervision, including those not yet apprehended.

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