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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 6

Sentencing by Lay Magistrates in District Courts, 1997

Main Crime/Offence	Percent custody	Percent probation	Percent fined	Percent admonished	Percent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine⁽¹⁾ (Ł)
Theft	3	2	70	21	4	2,093	82
Other dishonesty	4	3	71	20	2	4,959	81
Damage	1	1	74	12	13	2,812	86
Other crime	2	1	82	15	*	2,425	97
Simple assault	*	1	71	26	2	3,184	116
Breach of the peace	2	1	77	20	1	10,545	85
Drunkenness	1	1	79	18	*	809	53
Wireless Telegraphy Act	-	-	85	15	*	2,779	53
Other miscellaneous offences	1	*	89	8	2	3,544	71
Vehicle excise licence offences	-	-	95	5	*	5,267	55
Speeding	-	-	100	*	-	10,030	111
Unlawful use of vehicle offences	-	-	96	4	-	1,044	70
Other motor vehicle offences	-	-	97	3	*	7,383	73
Other not elsewhere classified	*	1	82	17	1	386	105
All crimes and offences	1	1	86	11	2	57,260	84

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A3 of Annex.