Review of the Aberdeen Problem Solving Approach: report

Footnotes

1. Level of Service/Case Management Inventory – an instrument that aims to support practitioners to conduct a thorough review of a person's circumstances, difficulties and strengths. It is the common method of risk assessment within CJSW.

2. As at February 2018, the same funding has been agreed in principle for 2018/19.

3. Commission on Women Offenders: Final Report 2012 page 9. http://www.gov.scot/About/Review/commissiononwomenoffenders/finalreport-2012 . Accessed 25 January 2018.

4. These individuals would be picked up at a later date if found guilty or if they changed their plea.

5. These individuals would be picked up at a later date if found guilty or if they changed their plea.

6. The data for men are in the same direction but the number of cases is very low.

7. the Fiscal Depute is also there

8. Scottish Government (2018) Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530929.pdf#p.20 Accessed 23 February 2018

9. The research team did not observe any final PSA reviews (none were scheduled during the six days the researchers were in court).

10. Imposing a longer order or more severe or intrusive disposal than justified by the offence itself in order to provide the individual with more support; this can have more punitive consequences if the individual is unable or unwilling to comply with the order and is thus sentenced ultimately for the original offence and breach of the order (potentially resulting in a custodial sentence for an offence that may not have warranted it in the first instance).

11. There were a further three live cases where the individual was deemed suitable but the sentence was still pending

12. Level of Service/Case Management Inventory – an instrument that aims to support practitioners to conduct a thorough review of a person's circumstances, difficulties and strengths. It is the common method of risk assessment within CJSW.

13. As at February 2018, the same funding has been agreed in principle for 2018/19.

14. The data in the table is based on the professionals' estimates of the average amount of additional time taken per case in comparison with a non- PSA case going through the court. There may be some inconsistencies in what was considered 'additional'.

15. A social worker spends an average of 60 minutes each day screening. There are around 9 cases per day on average (though this varies considerably day to day) which equates to 6.6 minutes per case. A social work administrator spends 30 minutes each day collating data on convictions which is then passed to the social worker doing the screening. This equates to 3.3 minutes per case.

16. Client contact before court would be around 30 minutes with a further 30 minutes to discuss with the solicitor and prepare the paperwork for court.

17. Preparation of rapid report.

18. 90 minutes review and report preparation and 15 minute court session

19. Screening and calls to social work.

20. Being at court 30 minutes earlier for PSA Reviews (covers two reviews).

21. Receiving papers from the Crown, checking papers, passing them to sheriff, briefing the sheriff, disposing of the court and setting up the next hearing (same at Stage 3).

22. 30 minutes reading the report and preparation and 10 minutes in court.

23. Additional time in court (9.30am to 10.00am, though they noted it sometimes overruns) covering two PSA reviews, and printing and delivery of papers.

24. There tend to be two or three sessions a week, depending on how many hearings there are.

25. The term 'outcomes' is used when referring to wider outcomes and other benefits of the PSA as well as case outcomes

26. Trust in the criminal justice system is discussed briefly in section 4.1.5 under ' Formality and interactions in the court'.