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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Published: 3 June 2008
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: ISBN97807559

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07

Table 7: Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1997/98-2006/07

Number

Main penalty	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	% change 05/06-06/07
Total ⁶	149,334	137,174	128,104	113,206	121,598	127,772	133,614	135,045	132,784	138,830	5
Custody	16,299	16,027	15,895	15,656	16,499	17,326	16,584	16,717	16,670	18,157	9
Prison	11,754	11,456	11,519	11,390	12,418	13,560	13,153	13,499	13,247	14,382	9
Young offenders institution	4,521	4,547	4,363	4,253	4,067	3,741	3,406	3,198	3,399	3,752	10
Other custody	24	24	13	13	14	25	25	20	24	23	-4
Community sentence ⁵	12,515	12,921	12,366	12,488	13,800	15,942	15,565	17,013	17,314	17,376	0
Probation	6,817	7,464	7,258	7,344	8,496	9,438	8,902	9,437	9,418	9,209	-2
Community service order	5,605	5,254	4,776	4,744	4,726	5,279	4,881	5,432	5,669	5,787	2
Supervised attendance order ⁸	93	78	97	64	58	54	38	43	111	122	10
Restriction of liberty order	-	125	230	189	193	743	1,048	1,313	1,273	1,309	3
Drug treatment & testing order	-	-	5	147	327	428	696	788	831	926	11
Community reparation order	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	17	55
Anti Social Behaviour Order	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	*500*
Financial penalty	104,399	93,165	85,949	72,191	77,805	80,319	86,586	85,496	82,625	85,119	3
Fine	103,091	91,904	84,778	71,104	76,641	78,957	84,797	83,782	81,147	83,737	3
Compensation order	1,308	1,261	1,171	1,087	1,164	1,362	1,789	1,714	1,478	1,382	-6
Other sentence ⁶	16,121	15,061	13,894	12,871	13,494	14,185	14,879	15,819	16,175	18,178	12
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	160	130	136	128	104	105	132	95	113	76	*-33*
Admonition	14,707	13,841	12,647	11,649	12,176	12,829	13,445	14,279	14,607	16,354	12
Absolute discharge ⁹	1,046	914	991	978	1,055	1,020	1,102	1,211	1,190	1,436	21
Remit to children's hearing	208	176	120	116	159	230	196	221	260	311	20
Average amount of penalty ¹
Custody (days) ⁴	230	224	230	229	228	236	239	223	215	201
Community service order (hours)	151	151	152	152	152	153	152	148	148	147
Fine ^2,7 (£)	164	167	172	177	188	206	208	215	210	211
Compensation order ^3,7 (£)	246	252	250	264	234	219	209	242	282	335

1 Excludes indeterminate/not known sentences.
2. Excludes company fines.
3. As main or secondary penalty.
4. Figures for 2005/06 and 2006/07 may be underestimates.
5. Includes a small number of Community Reparation Orders and Anti Social Behaviour Orders
6. Includes a small number of sentence unknown.
7. excludes a small number of large fines which were having a disproportionate impact on the average value
8. Of first instance 9. Includes a small number of court cautions and dog-related disposals

Percentage

Main penalty	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Custody	11	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	13	13
Prison	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Young offenders institution	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Other custody	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Community sentence	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13
Probation	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Community service order	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Supervised attendance order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Restriction of liberty order	-	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1	1
Drug treatment & testing order	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	*
Financial penalty	70	68	67	64	64	63	65	63	62	61
Fine	69	67	66	63	63	62	63	62	61	60
Compensation order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sentence	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Caution or admonition	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12
Absolute discharge	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Remit to children's hearing	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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