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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997
 
Table 13
Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Dangerous/Careless Driving, 1997

Sheriff Court

Percent custody

Percent community service

Percent probation

Percent fined

Percent other

Persons with charge proved (=100%)

Average fine(1) (£)

Average length of custody(2) (days)
 
Aberdeen

2

1

1

95

2

328

181

117
Airdrie

4

-

-

93

3

75

205

132
Alloa

-

5

-

95

-

20

316

-
Arbroath

2

-

-

86

12

65

250

60
Ayr

1

2

1

85

11

100

166

182
Banff

2

-

2

89

8

53

325

60
Campbeltown

-

-

-

100

-

13

183

-
Cupar

2

3

-

95

-

100

175

122
Dingwall

-

-

-

98

2

50

195

-
Dornoch

-

-

-

100

-

34

216

-
Dumbarton

2

3

2

85

7

122

160

101
Dumfries

1

1

-

97

1

147

229

91
Dundee

8

4

3

79

5

95

159

83
Dunfermline

-

1

3

94

3

110

204

-
Dunoon

-

-

-

97

3

30

202

-
Duns

-

-

-

91

9

22

265

-
Edinburgh

2

3

1

92

2

379

231

132
Elgin

1

-

1

85

13

106

273

122
Falkirk

4

2

4

82

8

50

341

182
Forfar

-

-

-

92

8

38

326

-
Fort William

3

-

-

86

11

37

289

122
Glasgow

11

5

8

71

6

171

265

135
Greenock

-

2

2

88

8

59

255

-
Haddington

3

3

-

79

15

33

297

182
Hamilton

1

1

1

95

2

324

177

121
Inverness

-

2

-

95

3

141

204

-
Jedburgh

3

3

-

94

-

36

214

60
Kilmarnock

2

-

1

97

-

177

316

155
Kirkcaldy

1

1

1

91

5

150

219

182
Kirkcudbright

4

-

-

96

-

52

318

91
Kirkwall

4

-

-

93

4

27

125

91
Lanark

3

2

1

93

2

178

349

127
Lerwick

-

-

-

94

6

17

92

-
Linlithgow

5

2

1

91

1

95

298

97
Lochmaddy

-

-

-

100

-

9

189

-
Oban

3

-

-

83

15

40

214

182
Paisley

2

2

*

92

4

259

218

121
Peebles

-

-

-

100

-

26

215

-
Perth

2

-

1

95

2

131

244

111
Peterhead

1

-

-

95

4

84

219

182
Portree

-

-

-

100

-

15

145

-
Rothesay

-

-

-

100

-

1

150

-
Selkirk

-

-

-

98

2

41

181

-
Stirling

1

-

1

96

1

71

239

122
Stonehaven

-

1

-

94

5

84

154

-
Stornoway

4

-

-

96

-

23

295

152
Stranraer

-

-

-

98

2

83

235

-
Tain

-

-

-

95

5

41

222

-
Wick

-

-

-

94

6

53

206

-
Scotland

2

1

1

92

4

4,395

227

124
(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.
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