Journey times in the Scottish Criminal Justice System: April 2022 to December 2022
This bulletin assesses an accused person’s criminal justice journey time from offence date to case conclusion or verdict for the period from April 2022 to December 2022. It analyses the average length of journey and how these journey times have been impacted by the COVID pandemic.
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9. Further Work
User feedback is essential to ensure that this series of bulletins develops in such a way that it can help extend the evidence base in this area. The figures presented can only provide the starting point for discussions about what an ideal median journey time should be and what the system challenges might be in achieving that time.
Work is underway with stakeholders to understand what extra information could be added to this data set that will help to explain some of the findings further. Analysts are currently working on the addition of a 'report to COPFS' date which will add more context to the overall journey time and help to determine what effect 'historic' offences have on journey time. Future bulletins will also consider different methods of grouping crimes and/or provide more granularity of crime type.
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot
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