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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 23

Sentencing by Lay Magistrates in District Courts, Simple Assault, 1997

Local Council	Percent custody	Percent probation	Percent fined	Percent admonished	Percent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine⁽¹⁾ (Ł)

Aberdeen City	-	1	80	18	1	243	102
Aberdeenshire	1	-	80	17	2	165	95
Angus	1	3	73	19	3	67	84
Argyll & Bute	-	-	66	23	11	35	87
Clackmannanshire	-	-	87	13	-	39	171
Dumfries & Galloway	-	1	81	17	1	102	106
Dundee City	2	-	71	22	6	130	127
East Ayrshire	-	-	53	47	-	90	80
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	55	45	-	31	145
East Lothian	-	-	47	53	-	38	86
East Renfrewshire	-	-	71	29	-	14	109
Edinburgh, City of	-	-	76	21	2	243	119
Eilean Siar⁽²⁾	-	-	71	29	-	14	100
Falkirk	-	-	63	37	-	79	75
Fife	-	-	83	17	1	155	118
Glasgow City	1	*	72	26	1	439	162
Highland	-	3	68	28	1	148	108
Inverclyde	-	-	35	65	-	17	104
Midlothian	-	-	70	30	-	54	86
Moray	-	2	78	20	-	49	123
North Ayrshire	1	1	72	24	1	86	109
North Lanarkshire	1	-	58	35	5	277	104
Perth & Kinross	-	6	65	17	11	98	91
Renfrewshire	-	-	53	47	-	64	121
Scottish Borders	-	2	73	24	-	45	74
South Ayrshire	1	1	66	31	1	113	124
South Lanarkshire	-	1	68	28	3	133	115
Stirling	-	2	74	22	2	46	88
West Dunbartonshire	-	3	54	40	3	67	102
West Lothian	-	-	89	9	2	103	145
Scotland	*	1	71	26	2	3,184	116

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Formerly known as the Western Isles.