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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 16

Custodial Sentence Lengths in Sheriff Summary Courts, 1994 to 1997

	Percent given custody				Average length (days)⁽¹⁾				Number given custody
Sheriff Court	1994	1995	1996	1997	1994	1995	1996	1997	1997
Aberdeen	13	12	14	17	97	100	103	96	815
Airdrie	18	17	15	11	121	122	111	105	236
Alloa	11	12	18	14	94	104	90	85	90
Arbroath	15	15	13	12	90	97	85	73	121
Ayr	12	12	14	12	111	109	98	86	345
Banff	5	10	11	8	99	107	100	74	32
Campbeltown	4	10	10	7	78	113	95	107	17
Cupar	12	13	14	12	88	92	86	74	84
Dingwall	8	10	12	8	95	126	100	93	53
Dornoch	8	4	8	3	105	99	78	146	5
Dumbarton	13	14	19	17	111	107	105	94	345
Dumfries	6	9	10	10	109	99	109	101	183
Dundee	16	14	14	17	99	99	92	85	535
Dunfermline	11	12	12	11	113	104	108	105	246
Dunoon	22	14	20	14	103	100	97	84	65
Duns	4	3	13	6	101	83	117	108	11
Edinburgh	11	12	14	12	105	105	101	97	1,167
Elgin	9	9	13	9	107	107	85	103	118
Falkirk	13	14	14	13	93	92	86	82	271
Forfar	7	11	12	10	95	100	75	104	66
Fort William	11	9	13	12	129	114	116	114	61
Glasgow	20	21	20	20	121	119	117	105	1,966
Greenock	23	25	22	26	103	105	101	94	516
Haddington	9	10	13	11	123	109	101	99	88
Hamilton	10	11	11	10	118	112	110	99	461
Inverness	12	13	14	13	75	86	79	78	225
Jedburgh	10	12	13	13	138	101	114	113	57
Kilmarnock	23	27	20	18	110	110	109	102	601
Kirkcaldy	17	17	21	18	112	124	102	91	502
Kirkcudbright	10	6	8	9	107	119	96	121	39
Kirkwall	5	6	5	6	109	93	127	74	17
Lanark	9	9	9	9	99	96	98	89	104
Lerwick	12	17	13	10	88	99	93	72	34
Linlithgow	8	9	10	9	108	104	110	98	211
Lochmaddy	4	6	4	5	91	101	137	127	5
Oban	10	13	11	7	88	100	101	108	27
Paisley	16	19	17	16	109	112	111	97	589
Peebles	3	6	10	5	70	95	107	81	9
Perth	9	10	11	12	99	100	88	88	260
Peterhead	9	10	13	10	99	105	98	92	105
Portree	5	3	5	6	96	85	56	127	6
Rothesay	22	26	21	13	117	101	122	121	12
Selkirk	8	7	8	8	103	110	126	94	29
Stirling	10	10	11	12	102	88	100	91	171
Stonehaven	6	5	5	3	98	104	111	102	34
Stornoway	10	10	11	12	96	91	109	101	45
Stranraer	8	9	10	10	94	114	109	117	103
Tain	11	10	12	8	106	94	88	95	27
Wick	14	12	12	8	96	107	99	76	33
Scotland	13	14	15	14	108	108	104	96	11,142

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