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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 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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No | 81 | 88 | 165 | 98 |
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Yes | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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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 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Not Stated | 55 | 51 | 99 | 59 |
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Yes | 53 | 49 | 68 | 40 |
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No | ~ | ~ | 1 | 1 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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Original Charge - What type of charge was the aggravation added to?
Charges | June - Dec 2003 | June - Dec 2004 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Breach of Peace | 99 | 92 | 159 | 81 |
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Assault | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
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Other | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 |
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Grand Total | 110 | | 195 | 100 |
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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 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Yes | 39 | 36 | 57 | 34 |
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Other targets | 69 | 69 | 147 | 87 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | ~ |
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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 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Protestant | 31 | 29 | 57 | 34 |
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Catholic | 68 | 63 | 100 | 59 |
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Other | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
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Not known | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
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Missing data | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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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 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Not Stated | 93 | 86 | 113 | 67 |
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Yes | 15 | 14 | 55 | 33 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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Accused - Number of male and female accused.
Gender | June - Dec 2003 | June - Dec 2004 |
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N | % | N | % |
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Male | 105 | 90 | 180 | 92 |
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Female | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
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Grand Total | 116 | 100 | 196 | 100 |
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Age - Ages of Male and Female Accused.
Age Group | June - Dec 2003 | June - Dec 2004 |
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Male | Female | Male | Female |
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
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Under 16 | | | | | | | | |
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16 - 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 7 | 4 |
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21 - 30 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 30 | 3 | 1 |
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31 - 40 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 5 | 3 |
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41 - 50 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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51 - 60 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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61 - 70 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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71 - 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Grand Total | 105 | 90 | 11 | 10 | 180 | 92 | 16 | 8 |
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Marches - Number of cases connected to Marches.
Was the incident connected to Marches? | June - Dec 2003 | June - Dec 2004 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Not Stated | 92 | 85 | 153 | 91 |
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Yes | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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Geography - Location of offence.
Location of Offence | June - Dec 2003 | June - Dec 2004 |
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Number | % | Number | % |
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Pub | 6 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
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Private | 32 | 30 | 25 | 15 |
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Outside | 32 | 30 | 64 | 38 |
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Other | 37 | 34 | 63 | 37 |
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Grand Total | 108 | 100 | 168 | 100 |
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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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