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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 11

Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Simple Assault, 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	12	8	6	62	12	408	217	85
Airdrie	11	5	11	57	17	175	259	139
Alloa	18	10	7	55	10	88	301	87
Arbroath	14	8	12	54	11	122	230	80
Ayr	10	12	5	51	22	358	191	94
Banff	3	3	-	77	17	35	306	182
Campbeltown	11	3	6	67	14	36	429	106
Cupar	14	16	20	46	3	69	256	82
Dingwall	27	17	2	49	5	41	286	103
Dornoch	11	-	-	78	11	9	379	122
Dumbarton	13	7	8	51	20	167	231	106
Dumfries	9	11	11	54	14	132	228	78
Dundee	17	17	11	40	14	252	227	94
Dunfermline	10	10	12	53	15	249	250	121
Dunoon	26	17	19	24	14	58	244	84
Duns	5	16	-	58	21	19	527	91
Edinburgh	14	8	11	56	11	1,011	226	112
Elgin	13	10	11	49	16	188	338	112
Falkirk	10	3	11	45	30	210	199	85
Forfar	7	9	15	52	17	46	180	123
Fort William	18	14	4	47	17	72	353	146
Glasgow	21	10	9	41	19	889	224	116
Greenock	24	12	7	30	26	184	303	136
Haddington	14	15	10	32	29	72	228	100
Hamilton	13	10	12	47	18	466	269	121
Inverness	14	14	10	53	10	192	221	89
Jedburgh	20	19	5	31	25	59	411	119
Kilmarnock	14	9	4	65	8	454	332	113
Kirkcaldy	14	6	8	61	11	216	233	107
Kirkcudbright	7	5	16	60	12	43	328	152
Kirkwall	10	13	13	37	27	30	155	121
Lanark	15	13	10	46	16	134	271	102
Lerwick	11	9	20	40	20	35	238	68
Linlithgow	10	6	10	61	14	271	232	99
Lochmaddy	7	13	-	73	7	15	241	182
Oban	8	10	4	63	14	49	258	99
Paisley	15	8	9	57	11	344	353	92
Peebles	14	7	14	64	-	14	356	75
Perth	26	6	15	41	13	157	243	115
Peterhead	11	9	9	55	17	129	312	69
Portree	-	67	-	-	33	3	-	-
Rothesay	20	15	5	50	10	20	217	160
Selkirk	14	14	5	45	21	42	233	91
Stirling	14	9	13	43	20	150	224	110
Stonehaven	5	8	5	70	11	61	188	122
Stornoway	25	-	-	68	8	40	327	119
Stranraer	23	3	12	57	6	69	396	137
Tain	11	17	9	52	11	46	387	122
Wick	21	10	7	40	22	58	324	94
Scotland	15	9	9	51	15	7,987	258	108

(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.