Statistical Bulletin Criminal Justice Series: CrJ/2006/3: Criminal Proceedings In Scottish Courts, 2004/05

Table 7 Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1995/96-2004/05

Main penalty	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	% change 03/04-04/05
Number
Total	155,031	151,565	149,334	137,174	128,103	113,203	121,580	127,740	133,517	134,459	1
Custody	16,206	16,937	16,299	16,027	15,894	15,655	16,483	17,296	16,503	16,531	*
Prison	11,593	12,070	11,754	11,456	11,518	11,389	12,402	13,533	13,082	13,342	2
Young offenders institution	4,576	4,823	4,521	4,547	4,363	4,253	4,067	3,738	3,396	3,169	-7
Other custody	37	44	24	24	13	13	14	25	25	20	*-20*
Community sentence	11,575	12,320	12,515	12,921	12,366	12,487	13,800	15,941	15,557	16,952	9
Probation	6,176	6,604	6,817	7,464	7,258	7,343	8,496	9,437	8,898	9,393	6
Community service order	5,399	5,705	5,605	5,254	4,776	4,744	4,726	5,279	4,878	5,423	11
Supervised attendance order	-	11	93	78	97	64	58	54	38	42	11
Restriction of liberty order	-	-	-	125	230	189	193	743	1,048	1,310	25
Drug treatment & testing order	-	-	-	-	5	147	327	428	695	784	13
Financial penalty	110,019	105,336	104,399	93,165	85,949	72,191	77,805	80,319	86,586	85,253	-2
Fine	108,525	103,969	103,091	91,904	84,778	71,104	76,641	78,957	84,797	83,541	-1
Compensation order	1,494	1,367	1,308	1,261	1,171	1,087	1,164	1,362	1,789	1,712	-4
Other sentence	17,231	16,972	16,121	15,061	13,894	12,870	13,492	14,184	14,871	15,723	6
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	143	151	160	130	136	128	103	105	130	90	*-31*
Caution or admonition	15,972	15,582	14,707	13,841	12,647	11,648	12,175	12,828	13,439	14,205	6
Absolute discharge	927	1,045	1,046	914	991	978	1,055	1,020	1,102	1,195	8
Remit to children's hearing	189	194	208	176	120	116	159	230	196	220	12
Average amount of penalty ¹
Custody (days) ⁴	225	226	230	224	230	229	226	233	231	209
Community service order (hours)	140	145	151	151	152	152	152	152	152	148
Fine ² (£)	150	159	165	167	172	177	188	206	208	218
Compensation order ³ (£)	213	224	246	252	261	264	234	232	267	287
1 Excludes indeterminate/not known sentences. 2. Excludes company fines. 3. As main or secondary penalty. 4. Figure for 2004/05 will be an underestimate.										Percentage
Main penalty	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Custody	10	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	12	12
Prison	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10
Young offenders institution	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
Other custody	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Community sentence	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13
Probation	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7
Community service order	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Supervised attendance order	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Restriction of liberty order	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	1	1	1
Drug treatment & testing order	-	-	-	-	*	*	*	*	1	1
Financial penalty	71	69	70	68	67	64	64	63	65	63
Fine	70	69	69	67	66	63	63	62	64	62
Compensation order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sentence	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Caution or admonition	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Absolute discharge	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Remit to children's hearing	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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