Published November 2001
A Scottish Executive National
Statistics Publication
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1. Introduction
2. Key Points
3. Criminal Court Proceedings in Context
4. Persons Proceeded Against
5. Type of Court
6. Verdicts
7. Sex and Age of Persons with a Charge Proved
8. Sentencing
Sentencing by Age and Sex of Offender
9. Offending while on Bail
10. Characteristics of Individual Offenders
11. Appendix of Tables
Table 1 Summary of known action, 1990-2000
Table 2(a) Persons proceeded against by
main crime/offence, 1990-2000 (Numbers)
Table 2(b) Persons proceeded against by
main crime/offence, 1990-2000 (Index)
Table 3 Persons proceeded against
in court by type of court, 1990-2000
Table 4 Persons proceeded against
in court by main crime/offence and outcome of court proceedings, 2000
Table 5 Number of persons with a charge
proved per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1990-2000
Table 6(a) Males with a charge proved by main
crime/offence and age, 2000
Table 6(b) Females with a charge proved by
main crime/offence and age, 2000
Table 7 Persons with a charge proved by
main penalty, 1990-2000
Table 8(a) Persons with a charge proved by
main crime/offence and main penalty, 2000 (Numbers)
Table 8(b) Persons with a charge proved by
main crime/offence and main penalty, 2000 (Row percentages)
Table 8(c) Persons with a charge proved by
main crime/offence and main penalty, 2000 (Column percentages)
Table 9 Use of compensation orders as
a main or secondary punishment by main crime/offence, 1990-2000
Table 10 Percentage of persons with charge
proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime/offence, 1990-2000
Table 11 Persons receiving a custodial
sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2000
Table 12 Persons with a charge proved
by main penalty, sex and age, 2000
Table 13 Persons with a charge proved
by main penalty, sex and age, 1990-2000
Table 14 Persons with a charge proved
by main crime/offence and whether offender was on bail, 2000
Table 15 Individuals with at least one
charge proved in 2000 by sex, age at 30 June 2000 and number of convictions
in 2000
Table 16 Persons with a charge proved
in 2000 by number and type of previous convictions in 1990-2000, sex, age and
sentence
Annex: Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin
Scottish Executive Statistical Services
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