Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021

Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 6 Criminal justice social work reports preferred sentencing options: 2016‑17 to 2020-21

2016-171 2017-181 2018-191 2019-201,2 2020-21
Number
Total 27,191 25,795 24,585 25,802 15,104
Monetary penalty 1,596 1,371 1,284 1,338 876
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 3,993 3,784 3,358 3,237 1,474
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 4,922 4,755 4,806 4,942 3,447
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 3,407 3,366 3,114 3,818 2,065
Other community penalty 256 313 214 230 22
Restriction of liberty order 946 1,121 1,210 1,421 993
Deferment for DTTO assessment 542 534 597 678 357
Custody 901 958 1,018 1,090 610
Custody: extended sentence 177 195 204 235 101
Custody: supervised release order 214 241 253 229 189
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 3,041 2,780 2,601 2,893 1,284
Structured deferred sentence N/A N/A N/A N/A 357
No preferred option 3,484 3,080 3,290 2,847 1,697
Other 3,712 3,297 2,636 2,844 1,632
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.8
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 14.7 14.7 13.7 12.5 9.8
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 18.1 18.4 19.5 19.2 22.8
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 12.5 13.0 12.7 14.8 13.7
Other community penalty 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 *
Restriction of liberty order 3.5 4.3 4.9 5.5 6.6
Deferment for DTTO assessment 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.4
Custody 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.0
Custody: extended sentence 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7
Custody: supervised release order 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.3
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 11.2 10.8 10.6 11.2 8.5
Structured deferred sentence N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.4
No preferred option 12.8 11.9 13.4 11.0 11.2
Other 13.7 12.8 10.7 11.0 10.8

Notes:

Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes absolute discharge, admonition, referral to children's hearing, remand to secure unit, driving ban, compensation order, continue current order, psychiatric assessment, revoke and impose new order, non-specific community disposals and no suitable disposal.

1. Figures for 2016-17 to 2019-20 have been amended due to the provision of revised figures for Aberdeen City.

2. In the figures provided for Falkirk for 2019-20, all reports with a preferred option of a community payback order were recorded under "Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision".

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