Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07


Table 11: Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, sex and age, 2006/07

Number

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total 1

138,830

117,279

120

26,792

42,052

48,315

21,241

11

3,407

7,738

10,085

294

Custody

18,157

16,777

20

3,497

7,211

6,049

1,380

3

256

703

418

-

Community sentence

17,376

14,683

23

4,846

5,384

4,430

2,693

3

669

1,019

1,002

-

Financial penalty

85,119

72,331

10

14,717

25,340

32,264

12,499

1

1,580

4,256

6,662

274

Other sentence

18,178

13,488

67

3,732

4,117

5,572

4,669

4

902

1,760

2,003

20

Row per cent

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total

100

84

*

19

30

35

15

*

2

6

7

*

Custody

100

92

*

19

40

33

8

*

1

4

2

-

Community sentence

100

85

*

28

31

25

15

*

4

6

6

-

Financial penalty

100

85

*

17

30

38

15

*

2

5

8

*

Other sentence

100

74

*

21

23

31

26

*

5

10

11

*

Column per cent

Main penalty

Total

Males

Females

Companies

All males

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

All females

Under

16

16 to 20

21 to 30

Over 30

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Custody

13

14

17

13

17

13

6

27

8

9

4

-

Community sentence

13

13

19

18

13

9

13

27

20

13

10

-

Financial penalty

61

62

8

55

60

67

59

9

46

55

66

93

Other sentence

13

12

56

14

10

12

22

36

26

23

20

7

1 Includes a small number of cases where age and sex are unknown

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