Prison Statistics Scotland, 2003

Young offender direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 21

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	2,855	2,772	3,111	2,784	2,844	2,687	2,500	2,414	2,205	1,979
Less than 30 days	57	63	89	86	97	78	70	55	77	50
30 days/1 month	112	101	126	147	169	134	99	82	88	79
31-59 days	24	11	30	22	39	35	17	18	26	16
60 days/2 months	253	262	307	314	325	311	256	259	196	165
61-89 days	6	14	15	11	23	15	11	5	12	4
90 days/3 months	712	655	741	653	662	596	548	517	416	395
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	489	502	538	470	521	472	445	448	358	315
6 months - less than 2 years	957	950	993	867	814	848	828	827	802	743
2 years - less than 4 years	158	116	170	127	113	112	129	123	131	123
4 years & over (excluding life)	75	86	80	76	68	75	86	75	89	77
Life/Section 205	12	12	22	11	13	11	11	5	10	12
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	251	253	253	240	228	244	269	262	295	304

(1) See Notes 4 to 5 of Annex.
(2) Excluding life & Section 205 sentences.

Young offender direct sentenced receptions of males to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 21A

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	2,782	2,693	3,046	2,707	2,714	2,535	2,352	2,277	2,087	1,860
Less than 30 days	55	61	86	82	89	71	64	46	68	48
30 days/1 month	108	95	119	139	158	124	90	79	83	72
31-59 days	23	11	29	20	36	33	15	16	24	14
60 days/2 months	242	248	296	305	309	287	245	244	183	157
61-89 days	6	14	14	11	21	15	9	5	12	3
90 days/3 months	690	632	728	636	626	567	514	493	395	368
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	476	491	533	455	500	444	416	415	331	296
6 months - less than 2 years	942	928	977	847	787	801	782	783	768	697
2 years - less than 4 years	156	115	167	125	109	110	124	118	127	120
4 years & over (excluding life)	73	86	75	76	66	73	83	73	88	75
Life/Section 205	11	12	22	11	13	10	10	5	8	10
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	252	256	250	242	228	244	269	264	301	310

See footnotes to Table 21

Young offender direct sentenced receptions of females to penal establishments by length of sentence, 1994-2003

Table 21B

Number
Length of sentence	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	73	79	65	77	130	152	148	137	118	119
Less than 30 days	2	2	3	4	8	7	6	9	9	2
30 days/1 month	4	6	7	8	11	10	9	3	5	7
31-59 days	1	-	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
60 days/2 months	11	14	11	9	16	24	11	15	13	8
61-89 days	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	-	-	1
90 days/3 months	22	23	13	17	36	29	34	24	21	27
Over 3 months - less than 6 months	13	11	5	15	21	28	29	33	27	19
6 months - less than 2 years	15	22	16	20	27	47	46	44	34	46
2 years - less than 4 years	2	1	3	2	4	2	5	5	4	3
4 years & over (excluding life)	2	-	5	-	2	2	3	2	1	2
Life/Section 205	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	2
Average sentence imposed (days) ⁽²⁾	185	153	405	165	163	194	225	222	187	217

See footnotes to Table 21

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