Criminal Justice Statistical Bulletin:CrJ/2003/10:CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS, 2002-03: page 6


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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS, 2002-03

6. Breach Applications of Community Service Orders (tables 15 and 16)

6.1 This section provides information on breach applications of Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) made to the courts between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2003. Breach Applications of Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work are included in section 9.

6.2 1,310 breach applications were made to the Courts in 2002-03 in respect of Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work). Improvements in data quality in several councils have resulted in better recording of breach applications, especially between 1999-00 and 2000-01. As a result, the figures for 2000-01 onwards are not directly comparable with those for earlier years (see Annex, paragraph 17.13).

6.3 The number of breach applications is not directly comparable with the number of orders provided previously (which covers new orders only) as some of the breach applications may relate to orders started in the previous year. However, as Community Service Orders must be completed within a 12 month period, the number of orders started in 2002-03 (4,966, excluding Probation with Unpaid Work) can be taken as a proxy measure for the number of orders active during the year. This suggests that around one in four orders result in a breach application.

6.4 Twelve per cent of breach applications resulted in the original order being revoked and a custodial sentence being imposed. A further 24% resulted in the original order being revoked and some other action being taken. In 6% of applications, the original order was continued and no further action was taken by the court and in 5% of applications, a warrant for apprehension/ recall was made. The outcome was not yet known for 40% of breach applications made in 2002-03.

Breach Applications of Community Service Orders ⁽¹⁾, 1999-00 to 2002-03 ⁽²⁾Number and Per cent of Breach Applications by Outcome

Table 15

Outcome	Number of breach applications				Per cent of breach applications
Outcome	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03
Revoked and Custody	286	246	198	154	25.2	19.8	17.2	11.8
Revoked and Probation	71	50	73	66	6.2	4.0	6.3	5.0
Revoked and Monetary Penalty	84	61	69	41	7.4	4.9	6.0	3.1
Revoked and Other	160	120	161	207	14.1	9.7	14.0	15.8
Time for Completion Varied	19	25	22	58	1.7	2.0	1.9	4.4
Continued and Hours Varied	30	43	27	50	2.6	3.5	2.3	3.8
Continued and Monetary Penalty	15	7	26	33	1.3	0.6	2.3	2.5
Warrant for Apprehension/ Recall	90	56	39	65	7.9	4.5	3.4	5.0
Continued and No further Action	69	97	90	74	6.1	7.8	7.8	5.6
Outcome Not Yet Known	252	465	410	521	22.2	37.5	35.5	39.8
Other	61	70	39	41	5.4	5.6	3.4	3.1
Total	1,137	1,240	1,154	1,310	*100.0*	*100*	*100*	*100.0*

Note:
(1) Excludes Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
(2) As a result of improved data recording in several councils, information on breach applications is not directly comparable between 1999-00 and 2001-02 (see Annex, paragraph 17.14). Due to the introduction of a new IT system, Glasgow’s recording of breaches in 2002-03 is thought to be an undercount.

6.5 Males accounted for 91% of breach applications. As males also accounted for 90% of all new orders (see paragraph 5.4), this suggests that breach applications are as likely to occur for males as for females.

6.6 An outcome of revoked and custody was slightly more common amongst males (12%) than females (10%). For females, revoked and probation (10%) was more likely than for males (5%).

Breach Applications of Community Service Orders ⁽¹⁾, 2002-03⁽²⁾Number and Per cent of Breach Applications by Outcome and Gender

Table 16

Outcome	Number of breach applications			Per cent of breach applications
Outcome	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Revoked and Custody	143	11	154	11.9	9.7	11.8
Revoked and Probation	55	11	66	4.6	9.7	5.0
Revoked and Monetary Penalty	35	6	41	2.9	5.3	3.1
Revoked and Other	193	14	207	16.1	12.4	15.8
Time for completion varied	50	8	58	4.2	7.1	4.4
Continued and Hours varied	47	3	50	3.9	2.7	3.8
Continued and Monetary Penalty	31	2	33	2.6	1.8	2.5
Warrant for apprehension/ recall	58	7	65	4.8	6.2	5.0
Continued and No further action	66	8	74	5.5	7.1	5.6
Outcome not yet known	482	39	521	40.3	34.5	39.8
Other	37	4	41	3.1	3.5	3.1
Total	1,197	113	1,310	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*

Note:
(1) Excludes Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
(2) Due to the introduction of a new IT system, Glasgow’s recording of breaches in 2002-03 is thought to be an undercount.

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