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Publication - Statistics

Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021

Published
31 January 2022
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781802019537

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.

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Table 25 Structured deferred sentences imposed by age and gender: 2018-19 to 2020-21

2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Number
Total 817 885 450
Age group1
16-172 N/A 49 45
18-20 N/A 151 58
21-25 N/A 113 70
26-30 N/A 105 73
31-40 N/A 253 119
Over 40 N/A 214 85
Gender
Males 575 660 321
Females 242 225 129
Employment status3
Full-time education N/A N/A 8
Employed/self employed N/A N/A 47
Unemployed N/A N/A 285
Government training scheme N/A N/A 0
Economically inactive4 N/A N/A 80
Other N/A N/A 30
Ethnicity3
White N/A N/A 423
Asian N/A N/A 2
African, Caribbean or Black N/A N/A 0
Mixed N/A N/A 3
Other N/A N/A 4
Not known/not provided N/A N/A 18
Length of order3
Less than 3 months N/A N/A 133
3 months or more and less than 6 months N/A N/A 204
6 months or more N/A N/A 113
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group1
16-172 N/A 5.5 10.0
18-20 N/A 17.1 12.9
21-25 N/A 12.8 15.6
26-30 N/A 11.9 16.2
31-40 N/A 28.6 26.4
Over 40 N/A 24.2 18.9
Gender
Males 70.4 74.6 71.3
Females 29.6 25.4 28.7
Employment status3
Full-time education N/A N/A 1.8
Employed/self employed N/A N/A 10.4
Unemployed N/A N/A 63.3
Government training scheme N/A N/A -
Economically inactive4 N/A N/A 17.8
Other N/A N/A 6.7
Ethnicity3
White N/A N/A 97.9
Asian N/A N/A *
African, Caribbean or Black N/A N/A -
Mixed N/A N/A 0.7
Other N/A N/A 0.9
Length of order3
Less than 3 months N/A N/A 29.6
3 months or more and less than 6 months N/A N/A 45.3
6 months or more N/A N/A 25.1

1. Information by age group first collected in 2019-20.

2. May include a small number of under 16s.

3. Information by employment status, ethnicity and length of order first collected in 2020-21.

4. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/ family or long-term sick/disabled.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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