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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 9

Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Theft, 1997

Sheriff Court	Percent custody	Percent community service	Percent probation	Percent fined	Percent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine⁽¹⁾ (Ł)	Average length of custody⁽²⁾ (days)

Aberdeen	33	16	21	20	10	219	188	99
Airdrie	29	7	19	39	7	107	199	104
Alloa	26	2	12	35	26	43	233	91
Arbroath	13	13	26	29	19	31	244	137
Ayr	26	10	17	29	18	93	134	107
Banff	100	-	-	-	-	2	-	91
Campbeltown	-	22	22	44	11	9	188	-
Cupar	29	15	24	32	-	34	298	76
Dingwall	36	18	9	27	9	11	153	144
Dornoch	-	-	-	-	100	2	-	-
Dumbarton	39	7	15	26	13	89	166	85
Dumfries	39	16	20	16	8	79	158	113
Dundee	26	12	12	36	14	116	205	84
Dunfermline	15	7	25	41	12	68	239	118
Dunoon	27	5	14	41	14	22	200	86
Duns	-	20	20	-	60	5	-	-
Edinburgh	26	15	13	39	7	334	231	97
Elgin	21	16	21	16	26	38	208	102
Falkirk	26	6	10	31	27	81	227	74
Forfar	14	29	14	29	14	14	288	152
Fort William	42	-	4	42	13	24	147	123
Glasgow	29	11	16	29	16	339	182	99
Greenock	47	7	21	16	9	148	228	93
Haddington	21	4	25	17	33	24	144	73
Hamilton	26	13	13	38	10	172	278	101
Inverness	30	16	13	40	1	80	162	78
Jedburgh	10	10	18	28	35	40	259	106
Kilmarnock	38	7	9	41	6	232	263	97
Kirkcaldy	26	14	14	37	9	102	200	96
Kirkcudbright	44	19	6	31	-	16	370	139
Kirkwall	12	6	18	41	24	17	114	106
Lanark	26	17	9	43	4	23	203	65
Lerwick	30	-	10	30	30	10	142	81
Linlithgow	22	9	7	52	10	89	203	98
Lochmaddy	-	67	-	33	-	3	200	-
Oban	11	11	4	26	48	27	257	113
Paisley	30	13	10	32	15	110	298	108
Peebles	17	17	33	33	-	6	275	60
Perth	35	9	16	30	11	57	214	89
Peterhead	24	12	10	36	19	42	212	109
Portree	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rothesay	-	17	-	83	-	6	170	-
Selkirk	18	9	9	36	27	11	206	122
Stirling	23	10	7	37	22	94	182	109
Stonehaven	21	-	14	50	14	14	141	111
Stornoway	9	18	18	55	-	11	208	61
Stranraer	24	22	20	24	9	45	386	149
Tain	30	-	-	60	10	10	129	111
Wick	24	8	32	36	-	25	289	81
Scotland	29	11	15	33	13	3,174	218	98

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved