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Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2008-09

09/02/2010

Scotland's Chief Statistician today published Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2008-09. This provides statistics at a national level on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland.

Key findings:

  • A total of 42,500 Social Enquiry Reports (including supplementary reports) were submitted by local authorities to the courts in 2008-09, up 1 per cent from the 2007-08 total of 42,000.
  • The number of Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) increased by 4 per cent in 2008-09 to 6,400. The number which were successfully completed increased by 16 per cent from 3,800 in 2007-08 to 4,400 in 2008-09. In the same time period, the number of breach applications fell by 2 per cent to 2,100.
  • A total of 9,100 Probation Orders (including those with a requirement of unpaid work) were made in 2008-09, an increase of 4 per cent compared to 2007-08. The number of successful completions of POs increased by 5 per cent from 4,000 to 4,200 between 2007-08 and 2008-09. Over the same period, the number of breach applications increased by 19 per cent from 3,400 to 4,100.
  • In 2008-09, 4,300 Supervised Attendance Orders were made, a small fall from 4,400 in 2007-08. The number of successful completions increased by 42 per cent from 1,700 in 2007-08 to 2,400 in 2008-09. In the same time period, the number of breach applications increased by 68 per cent from 1,300 to 2,200.
  • There were 752 Drug Treatment and Testing Orders made in 2008-09, up 25 per cent from 601 in 2007-08. The total number of successful completions increased by 18 per cent from 183 in 2007-08 to 215 in 2008-09. Over the same period, the number of breach applications increased only slightly from 209 to 218.
  • In 2008-09, the number of Statutory Throughcare cases commenced increased by 2 per cent from 2,303 to 2,345. This consisted of a 17 per cent increase in cases in the community and an 11 per cent decrease in cases in custody.
  • There were 2,440 individuals receiving Voluntary Assistance in 2008-09 a 12 per cent increase on the 2007-08 figure of 2,175.
  • The number of bail supervision cases commenced fell from 729 in 2007-08 to 583 in 2008-09.

Page updated: Tuesday, February 09, 2010