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Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2015-16

Summary of proceedings dealt with by courts, sentencing outcomes and characteristics of convicted offenders.

Main penalty	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
										Percentage
Total
Custody	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	14
Prison	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12
Young offenders institution	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Supervised release order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extended sentence	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Order for life-long restriction	-	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Community sentence	12	13	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	19
Community payback order	-	-	-	-	*	10	15	15	16	17
Restriction of liberty order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Drug treatment & testing order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	*
Community service order	4	4	5	5	5	2	*	*	*	*
Probation and other community sentences	7	7	8	8	7	2	*	*	*	*
Financial penalty	63	62	59	60	58	55	53	55	53	50
Fine	62	61	58	59	58	54	52	54	52	49
Compensation order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sentence	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17
Admonition	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	14	15	17
Absolute discharge, no order made	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1
Remit to children's hearing	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

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