Criminal Proceedings In Scottish Courts, 1996 - Statistical Bulletin

Contents
1.	Introduction
2.	Key Points
3.	Criminal Court Proceedings in Context
4.	Persons Proceeded Against
5.	Type of Court
6.	Verdicts
7.	Age and Sex of Persons with a Charge Proved
8.	Sentencing Sentencing by Age and Sex of Offender
9.	Characteristics of Individual Offenders
10.	Appendix of Tables Table 1 - Summary of known action, 1988-1996 Table 2(a) - Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1986-1996 Table 2(b) - Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1986-1996 Table 3 - Persons called to court by type of court, 1986-1996 Table 4 - Outcome of court proceedings by main crime or offence, 1996 Table 5 - Number of persons with a charge proved per 1,000 population by age and sex, 1988-1996 Table 6(a) - Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main crime or offence, 1996 (Males) Table 6(b) - Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main crime or offence, 1996 (Females) Table 7 - Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1986-1996 Table 8(a) - Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1996 (Numbers) Table 8(b) - Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1996 (Row percentages) Table 8(c) - Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1996 (Column percentages) Table 9 - Use of compensation orders as a main or secondary punishment by main crime or offence, 1986-1996 Table 10 - Per cent of persons with charge proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime or offence, 1986-1996 Table 11 - Persons receiving a custodial sentence by length of sentence and and main crime or offence, 1996 Table 12 - Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main penalty, 1996 Table 13 - Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, age and sex, 1988-1996 Table 14 - Individuals with at least one charge proved in 1996 by age at 30 June 1996, sex and number of charges proved
11.	Annex 1 : Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin
12.	Annex 2 : Changes to Previously Published Figures Table 1 - Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence 1986-1995: previously published and revised data Table 2 - Persons with charge proved by main penalty, 1986-1995: previously published and revised data