Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021

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.


Table 7 Main outcomes from criminal justice social work reports: 2016-17 to 2020‑21

2016-171 2017-181 2018-191 2019-201,2 2020-21
Number
Total 27,191 25,795 24,585 25,802 15,104
Monetary penalty 1,870 1,674 1,499 1,416 1,017
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 3,529 3,074 2,845 2,503 991
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 3,276 3,301 3,236 3,356 2,436
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 4,694 4,476 3,967 4,411 2,152
Other community penalty 258 410 349 200 34
Restriction of liberty order 979 1,279 1,435 1,603 1,250
Deferment for DTTO assessment 226 210 239 228 153
Custody 4,127 3,746 3,767 3,482 1,999
Custody: extended sentence 121 122 117 117 71
Custody: supervised release order 206 223 211 254 154
Warrant for apprehension / recall 587 522 402 415 251
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 2,196 1,990 2,119 2,397 1,289
Structured deferred sentence N/A N/A N/A N/A 289
Admonition 960 825 748 667 597
Absolute discharge 32 23 20 11 17
Other 2,513 2,465 2,188 2,705 1,257
Outcome not yet known 1,617 1,455 1,443 2,037 1,147
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.5 6.7
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 13.0 11.9 11.6 9.7 6.6
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 12.0 12.8 13.2 13.0 16.1
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 17.3 17.4 16.1 17.1 14.2
Other community penalty 0.9 1.6 1.4 0.8 *
Restriction of liberty order 3.6 5.0 5.8 6.2 8.3
Deferment for DTTO assessment 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0
Custody 15.2 14.5 15.3 13.5 13.2
Custody: extended sentence * * * * *
Custody: supervised release order 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Warrant for apprehension / recall 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.7
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 8.1 7.7 8.6 9.3 8.5
Structured deferred sentence N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.9
Admonition 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.6 4.0
Absolute discharge * * * * *
Other 9.2 9.6 8.9 10.5 8.3
Outcome not yet known 5.9 5.6 5.9 7.9 7.6

Note:

Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes compensation order, referral to children's hearing, psychiatric assessment, continue current order, driving disqualification, license endorsed and outcome unknown.

1. Figures for 2016-17 to 2019-20 have been amended due to the provision of revised figures for Aberdeen City.

2. In the figures provided for Falkirk for 2019-20, all reports with a main outcome of a community payback order were recorded under "Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision".

Contact

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