The Scottish Government

Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, sex and age, 2002

Table 11

Number

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total

124,950

106,053

125

24,756

40,873

40,299

18,489

3

3,030

7,185

8,271

341

Custody

16,817

15,668

23

3,412

7,774

4,459

1,149

-

251

590

308

-

Community sentence

15,208

12,646

15

4,255

4,927

3,449

2,558

-

590

1,228

740

-

Financial penalty

78,918

67,283

27

13,880

24,666

28,710

11,264

2

1,424

3,981

5,857

315

Other sentence

14,007

10,456

60

3,209

3,506

3,681

3,518

1

765

1,386

1,366

26

Row per cent

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total

100

85

*

20

33

32

15

*

2

6

7

*

Custody

100

93

*

20

46

27

7

-

1

4

2

-

Community sentence

100

83

*

28

32

23

17

-

4

8

5

-

Financial penalty

100

85

*

18

31

36

14

*

2

5

7

*

Other sentence

100

75

*

23

25

26

25

*

5

10

10

*

Column per cent

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under 16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Custody

13

15

18

14

19

11

6

-

8

8

4

-

Community sentence

12

12

12

17

12

9

14

-

19

17

9

-

Financial penalty

63

63

22

56

60

71

61

67

47

55

71

92

Other sentence

11

10

48

13

9

9

19

33

25

19

17

8