Scottish Government

Statistical Bulletin Criminal Justice Series
CrJ/2003/9 HOMICIDE IN SCOTLAND, 2002

Published November 2003

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Key Points
3. Homicide Cases (Tables A & B, 12, 3, 4 & 5, Charts 2, 3 & 4)
4. Victims of homicide (Table 6, Charts 5, 6, 7 & 8)
Age and sex
Day of the week
Geographical location
5 Persons accused of homicide (Tables C, 7, 8 & 9, Chart 9)
Age and sex
Results of proceedings
Appeals
6. Circumstances of homicides (Tables 10, 11, 12, 13, 1415 & 16, Charts 10, 11 & 12)
Method
Relationship of main accused to victim
Motivation
Drink/drug status
7. Time for homicide cases to be dealt with by the criminal justice system (Table 17)
8. International comparisons of homicide rates (Table 18)
9. Appendix of Tables
10. Annex: Notes on Statistics included in this Bulletin
Correspondence and enquiries