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Publication - Statistics

Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

Published
19 May 2016
Directorate
Justice Directorate
Topic
Law and order
ISBN
9781786522672

Scottish Government publication providing analysis of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2013 to 2014.

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Table 14: Individuals given COPFS disposals and subsequent non-court disposals, by disposal type: 2008-09 to 2013-14 cohorts

(see note 1)

COPFS disposal Number of individuals Percentage of individuals given a non-court disposal within a year of receiving a COPFS disposal 2 Average number of non-court disposals per individual within a year of receiving a COPFS disposal 2
Fiscal Fine
2008-09 30,228 25.7 0.39
2009-10 28,100 23.4 0.35
2010-11 28,165 22.9 0.34
2011-12 32,966 24.7 0.35
2012-13 37,726 24.7 0.35
2013-14 36,961 21.5 0.33
Fiscal Fixed Penalty
2008-09 17,064 8.7 0.10
2009-10 17,439 9.4 0.11
2010-11 19,016 9.6 0.11
2011-12 19,698 9.2 0.11
2012-13 20,139 10.0 0.12
2013-14 21,966 8.8 0.10
Fiscal Combined Fine with Compensation
2008-09 1,157 23.8 0.35
2009-10 1,739 19.0 0.25
2010-11 1,888 19.1 0.25
2011-12 2,267 19.0 0.23
2012-13 1,954 20.8 0.27
2013-14 1,590 18.5 0.26
Fiscal Compensation
2008-09 1,648 25.7 0.36
2009-10 1,661 20.1 0.28
2010-11 1,531 20.1 0.26
2011-12 1,111 21.5 0.27
2012-13 851 19.9 0.26
2013-14 676 16.3 0.22

1. The non-court disposals dataset is independent of the dataset on court convictions.

2. Includes any non-court disposal within one year of receiving a COPFS disposal, and therefore could include police disposals as well as COPFS disposals.

Contact

Email: Mark Bell

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