Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System, 1997 :8

Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 5

Sentencing in Stipendiary Magistrates Court, 1997

Main Crime/Offence	Percent custody	Percent probation	Percent fined	Percent admonished	Percent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine⁽¹⁾ (Ł)	Average length of custody⁽²⁾ (days)
Violence/indecency	2	5	76	17	-	295	168	104
Housebreaking	57	-	29	-	-	7	238	152
Theft	44	6	43	5	-	582	216	119
Other dishonesty	41	7	41	9	1	1,675	203	113
Damage	9	5	67	9	7	150	204	58
Other crime	13	6	58	21	*	338	201	46
Simple assault	14	2	71	10	1	925	243	101
Breach of the peace	20	2	66	11	*	1,491	177	72
Other miscellaneous offences	20	4	56	19	*	390	149	71
Dangerous/careless driving	*	-	94	5	-	267	191	60
Speeding	-	-	100	-	-	199	155	-
Unlawful use of vehicle	*	*	95	5	*	2,044	174	182
Other motor vehicle offences	-	-	94	6	*	431	161	-
All crimes and offences	17	3	69	9	*	8,794	186	100

(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.