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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 10

Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Other Dishonesty, 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	31	11	16	26	16	695	183	91
Airdrie	23	9	18	43	7	245	246	115
Alloa	24	16	16	40	5	58	222	104
Arbroath	25	10	18	42	4	99	156	73
Ayr	27	8	14	35	17	350	183	89
Banff	32	7	7	32	21	28	208	67
Campbeltown	20	-	20	40	20	15	467	152
Cupar	33	22	11	33	-	36	191	96
Dingwall	36	14	11	32	7	28	179	104
Dornoch	-	13	-	38	50	8	200	-
Dumbarton	35	4	13	33	15	326	171	91
Dumfries	21	16	11	33	19	139	218	103
Dundee	28	14	15	29	14	479	171	73
Dunfermline	18	14	14	47	8	264	224	99
Dunoon	25	17	8	38	13	24	174	81
Duns	9	27	-	27	36	11	150	91
Edinburgh	25	11	12	42	9	1,387	216	91
Elgin	16	14	12	41	18	116	159	113
Falkirk	25	9	12	29	24	290	240	87
Forfar	17	8	10	33	31	48	209	101
Fort William	32	6	10	45	6	31	186	116
Glasgow	31	14	15	25	15	1,214	266	107
Greenock	42	8	21	17	11	327	192	77
Haddington	30	17	20	22	11	46	250	104
Hamilton	19	11	16	43	11	614	238	99
Inverness	33	7	17	39	4	134	164	83
Jedburgh	30	10	3	40	18	40	372	124
Kilmarnock	31	9	11	42	6	373	324	105
Kirkcaldy	32	12	15	33	9	408	232	84
Kirkcudbright	36	5	9	41	9	22	494	137
Kirkwall	-	-	-	73	27	11	359	-
Lanark	30	9	14	37	11	57	254	95
Lerwick	8	4	14	50	14	28	133	91
Linlithgow	19	11	10	50	9	232	248	94
Lochmaddy	-	-	-	100	-	2	100	-
Oban	31	6	6	50	6	16	344	103
Paisley	31	9	12	36	12	597	382	94
Peebles	25	8	-	67	-	12	191	101
Perth	26	11	13	41	9	238	183	88
Peterhead	19	5	12	52	12	84	270	79
Portree	-	-	25	50	25	4	450	-
Rothesay	-	-	-	100	-	3	158	-
Selkirk	35	15	-	15	35	20	283	104
Stirling	23	9	9	44	15	128	194	85
Stonehaven	13	11	17	43	17	47	131	96
Stornoway	14	-	7	57	21	14	216	60
Stranraer	32	14	5	45	4	56	326	101
Tain	17	13	4	57	9	23	313	75
Wick	6	15	15	48	15	33	250	106
Scotland	27	11	14	36	12	9,460	235	94

(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.