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Use of Section 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 - Religiously Aggravated Reported Crime: An 18 Month Review

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Appendix A

Motive of the Crime - did the police reports set out the perception of the victim and witnesses as to the motive of the crime?

Is the motive set out in police reports?

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

No

81

88

165

98

Yes

19

20

3

2

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Alcohol - did the police report reveal if the accused was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the offence?

Was the accused under the influence?

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Not Stated

55

51

99

59

Yes

53

49

68

40

No

~

~

1

1

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Original Charge - What type of charge was the aggravation added to?

Charges

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Breach of Peace

99

92

159

81

Assault

8

7

7

4

Other

3

3

29

15

Grand Total

110

195

100

Note to table

  • The number of charges does not correspond with the number of reports as there can be multiple charges within each report.

Police - were the police the target?

Were the police a target?

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Yes

39

36

57

34

Other targets

69

69

147

87

Grand Total

108

100

168

~

N.B. The percentages for the June -Dec 2004 data does not add to 100 as some cases had more than one target.

Particular Religious Group Targeted - Was a particular religious group verbally targeted?

Religious group verbally targeted

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Protestant

31

29

57

34

Catholic

68

63

100

59

Other

3

3

6

4

Not known

0

0

5

3

Missing data

6

5

0

0

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Note to table:

1. "Other" includes Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions.
2. There were 6 cases not presented within the Crown Office research table in relation to religious group verbally targeted and these cases have been labelled "missing data" for the purpose of this table.

Football - Was the incident related specifically to football or the support of a particular team?

Was the incident related to football?

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Not Stated

93

86

113

67

Yes

15

14

55

33

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Accused - Number of male and female accused.

Gender

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

N

%

N

%

Male

105

90

180

92

Female

11

10

16

8

Grand Total

116

100

196

100

Age - Ages of Male and Female Accused.

Age Group

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Male

Female

Male

Female

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Under 16

16 - 20

17

15

3

3

45

24

7

4

21 - 30

43

37

3

3

60

30

3

1

31 - 40

27

23

1

1

43

22

5

3

41 - 50

12

10

3

3

21

11

0

0

51 - 60

5

4

0

0

10

5

1

0

61 - 70

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

71 - 80

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Grand Total

105

90

11

10

180

92

16

8

Marches - Number of cases connected to Marches.

Was the incident connected to Marches?

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Not Stated

92

85

153

91

Yes

16

15

15

9

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Geography - Location of offence.

Location of Offence

June - Dec 2003

June - Dec 2004

Number

%

Number

%

Pub

6

6

16

10

Private

32

30

25

15

Outside

32

30

64

38

Other

37

34

63

37

Grand Total

108

100

168

100

Note to table

  • There were 108 cases considered in the research conducted by COPFS however there is a discrepancy with their numbers in the report where only 107 cases have been presented.

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