The Scottish Government

Individual offenders with a charge proved in 2002 for a crime or relevant offence ¹, by number and type of previous convictions in 1993-2002, sex, age and sentence in 2002

Table 14

Number and type of previous convictionsin 1993-2002 ¹

Total ⁴

Sex

Age ⁵

Sentence in 2002

Males

Females

Under 21

21-30

Over 30

Custody

Community sentence

Financial penalty

Other

Number of persons with charge proved (=100%)

44,346

37,246

7,098

10,753

17,003

16,589

5,906

6,595

24,446

7,399

All previous convictions ¹

None

33

31

62

50

22

34

9

25

36

50

1 or 2

25

25

24

26

22

26

12

25

28

22

3-10

28

29

11

20

34

28

35

34

27

19

Over 10

14

15

3

4

22

12

43

15

8

9

Previous custodial sentences

None

77

74

90

88

70

76

29

76

85

87

1 or 2

10

11

5

6

12

11

21

11

8

6

3-10

10

11

4

5

13

9

33

10

5

5

Over 10

4

4

1

1

6

4

17

3

1

2

Previous community sentences

None

69

68

75

77

58

75

39

58

77

78

1 or 2

21

22

16

16

25

19

35

27

17

14

Over 2

10

10

9

7

17

6

26

15

6

8

Previous solemn convictions ²

None

87

85

96

93

82

88

60

64

92

93

1 or 2

11

13

4

6

15

11

32

30

7

6

Over 2

2

2

*

*

3

1

8

7

*

1

Non-sexual crimes of violence ³

None

92

91

96

95

88

94

77

91

95

95

1 or 2

8

9

4

5

12

6

22

9

5

5

Over 2

*

*

*

*

*

*

1

*

*

*

Crimes of dishonesty ³

None

62

61

65

75

49

67

28

54

69

73

1 or 2

19

19

18

15

22

18

19

21

19

14

3-10

14

14

13

8

20

11

31

18

10

10

Over 10

6

6

4

2

10

4

22

6

2

4

Drug offences ³

None

83

82

90

93

75

84

68

82

85

89

1 or 2

15

16

9

7

21

14

27

16

13

9

Over 2

2

2

1

*

3

2

5

2

2

1