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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 3

Sentencing in Sheriff Solemn Courts, 1997

Sheriffdom	Per cent custody	Percent community service	Per cent probation	Per cent fined	Per cent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average length of custody⁽¹⁾ (months)
	Main crime/offence
Robbery	80	3	13	2	2	196	16.8
Violence (excluding robbery)	61	17	10	8	4	586	16.1
Crimes of indecency	72	2	21	2	4	115	22.0
Housebreaking	88	3	8	0	1	392	15.8
Theft of motor vehicle	75	2	11	6	6	89	12.8
Other theft⁽²⁾	83	4	8	2	2	211	12.3
Fraud	49	24	4	6	18	55	15.5
Other crimes of dishonesty	62	15	13	8	3	104	10.3
Damage	51	12	12	16	9	67	13.6
Drugs offences	70	9	10	9	2	294	15.8
Crimes against public justice	63	8	16	9	5	120	8.8
Simple assault	55	14	11	16	4	285	13.2
Other crimes and offences	71	5	7	11	6	542	10.6
All Crimes and Offences	70	9	10	7	4	3,056	14.2

(1) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 Annex.
(2) Includes opening lockfast places and shoplifting.