Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2009-10 Offender Cohort

Analysis of one year reconviction rates for the cohort of offenders released from a custodial sentence or receiving a non-custodial disposal in 2009-10


Table 17 Individuals given police disposals by disposal type, 2009-10

Total number (=100%) Percentage given a non-court2 disposal within:
6 months 1 year
Individuals 59,901 17.1 24.6
ASBFPN 48,217 19.3 27.5
Formal Adult Warning 7,447 9.7 14.8
Restorative Justice Warning 2,057 4.2 6.6
Other Police Warnings 158 20.9 25.9
Warning Letter 2,022 6.2 11.2

1. These figures are derived from a dataset which is independent of the dataset on court convictions and therefore do not include court convictions. In future we will investigate ways of incorporating the non-court disposals with the court convictions.
2. Includes any non-court disposal, and therefore could include COPFS disposals as well as police disposals.

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