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| Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997 |
| Table 4 |
| Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, 1997 |
Main Crime/Offence |
Percent custody |
Percent community service |
Percent probation |
Percent fined |
Percent other |
Persons with charge proved (=100%) |
Average fine(1) (£) |
Average length of custody(2) (days) |
| Violence/indecency | 23 |
14 |
15 |
35 |
13 |
3,246 |
277 |
104 |
| Housebreaking | 39 |
12 |
18 |
19 |
12 |
2,865 |
230 |
113 |
| Theft | 29 |
11 |
15 |
33 |
13 |
3,174 |
218 |
98 |
| Other dishonesty | 27 |
11 |
14 |
36 |
12 |
9,460 |
235 |
94 |
| Damage | 14 |
9 |
13 |
42 |
22 |
1,917 |
205 |
83 |
| Other crime | 14 |
8 |
8 |
54 |
15 |
8,885 |
202 |
91 |
| Simple assault | 15 |
9 |
9 |
51 |
15 |
7,987 |
258 |
108 |
| Breach of the peace | 12 |
3 |
7 |
60 |
18 |
7,263 |
183 |
67 |
| Other miscellaneous offences | 20 |
7 |
8 |
40 |
25 |
5,942 |
543 |
80 |
| Dangerous/careless driving | 2 |
1 |
1 |
92 |
4 |
4,395 |
227 |
124 |
| Drunk driving | 2 |
3 |
2 |
93 |
1 |
8,496 |
341 |
108 |
| Speeding | - |
- |
* |
99 |
1 |
1,481 |
214 |
- |
| Unlawful use of vehicle | 7 |
4 |
2 |
80 |
8 |
11,748 |
198 |
117 |
| Other motor vehicle offences | * |
* |
* |
90 |
10 |
3,418 |
210 |
99 |
| All crimes and offences | 14 |
7 |
7 |
60 |
12 |
80,277 |
251 |
96 |
| (1) Average
of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A3 of
Annex. (2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved. |
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