Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

2017-2018 statistics on various areas of criminal justice social work in Scotland.

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Table 1: Summary of criminal justice social work activity: 2011-12 to 2017-18

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-161 2016-171,2 2017-18
Diversion from prosecution
Cases commenced1 1,260 1,326 1,710 1,869 1,859 2,006 1,725
Individuals1 1,231 1,309 1,657 1,812 1,787 1,960 1,686
Cases successfully completed1 898 1,078 1,374 1,355 1,330 1,578 1,367
Bail information
Requests from court for bail information 9,709 8,662 6,874 8,006 7,278 6,955 5,919
Bail supervision cases commenced2 497 411 417 407 355 310 268
Bail supervision individuals2 467 397 400 390 318 292 253
Criminal justice social work reports
Total reports submitted (including supplementaries) 36,367 32,558 31,406 30,838 29,846 30,133 28,403
Individuals with reports submitted 26,922 24,785 23,740 22,120 22,667 22,610 21,059
Supplementary reports submitted 4,488 4,536 3,632 4,235 2,858 3,121 2,730
Statutory throughcare
Cases commenced (custody) 1,072 965 1,048 1,033 1,027 1,042 1,042
Cases commenced (community) 1,047 1,001 1,027 1,085 982 1,121 1,010
Cases completed (community) 944 927 911 942 982 1,101 1,121
Cases in force at 31 March (custody/community) 5,576 5,778 6,003 5,900 5,802 5,833 5,832
Voluntary throughcare (assistance)
Cases commenced 2,625 2,597 2,489 2,663 2,537 2,222 2,084
Individuals who received assistance 2,428 2,464 2,327 2,429 2,343 2,081 1,948
Pre-release reports
Total 3,425 2,982 3,184 3,056 3,199 3,344 3,359
Home leave reports 1,923 1,500 1,597 1,462 1,513 1,631 1,517
Home circumstance reports (parole/non-parole) 1,502 1,482 1,587 1,594 1,686 1,713 1,842

1. Figures for diversion from prosecution for 2015-16 and 2016-17 have been amended from those originally published last year. This is due to the erroneous exclusion last year of revised figures for South Ayrshire for 2016-17 and the receipt of updated information for Angus for 2015-16 and 2016-17.

2. Figures for bail supervision for 2016-17 have been amended from those originally published last year due to the receipt of updated information for South Lanarkshire.

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