Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System, 1997 :5

Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 2

Distribution of Main Penalties for Persons⁽¹⁾ with a Charge Proved, 1997

Numbers

		Type of court
		High Court	Sheriff court		Stipendiary Magistrates Court	Lay District Court	All Courts⁽²⁾
		High Court	Solemn	Summary	Stipendiary Magistrates Court	Lay District Court	All Courts⁽²⁾
Fine	Up to and including Ł50	-	-	3,276	258	19,217	22,752
	Over Ł50 and up to and including Ł200	-	65	26,034	3,687	28,352	58,138
	Over Ł200 and up to and including Ł500	4	96	16,406	2,096	1,474	20,077
	Over Ł500 and up to and including Ł2,500	3	51	2,569	67	49	2,739
	Over Ł2,500	3	12	140	-	-	155
	Total Fined	10	224	48,425	6,108	49,092	103,861
Custody	Up to and including 60 days	1	15	2,993	536	546	4,091
	Over 60 days and up to and including 3 months	7	78	4,524	381	8	4,998
	Over 3 months and up to and including 1 year	31	1,217	3,619	581	1	5,449
	Over 1 year	834	824	4	3	-	1,665
	Total given Custody⁽³⁾	875	2,134	11,142	1,501	555	16,207

(1) Includes companies.
(2) Includes court type not known.
(3) Includes sentence length not known.

Percentages

		Type of court
		High Court	Sheriff court		Stipendiary Magistrates Court	Lay District Court	All Courts⁽²⁾
		High Court	Solemn	Summary	Stipendiary Magistrates Court	Lay District Court	All Courts⁽²⁾
Fine	Up to and including Ł50	-	-	7	4	39	22
	Over Ł50 and up to and including Ł200	-	29	54	60	58	56
	Over Ł200 and up to and including Ł500	40	43	34	34	3	19
	Over Ł500 and up to and including Ł2,500	30	23	5	1	*	3
	Over Ł2,500	30	5	*	-	-	*
	Total Fined	100	100	100	100	100	*100*
Custody	Up to and including 60 days	*	1	27	36	98	25
	Over 60 days and up to and including 3 months	1	4	41	25	1	31
	Over 3 months and up to and including 1 year	4	57	32	39	*	34
	Over 1 year	95	39	*	*	-	10
	Total given Custody⁽³⁾	100	100	100	100	100	*100*

(1) Includes companies.
(2) Includes court type not known.
(3) Includes sentence length not known.