Scottish Government

Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/4
Criminal Justice Series
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Published March 2005
A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

ISBN 0 7559 3963 8

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Key Points
3. Criminal Court Proceedings in Context
4. Persons Proceeded Against
5. Persons Convicted
6. Sex and Age of Persons with a Charge Proved
7. Sentencing
8. Characteristics of Individual Offenders
9. Motor Vehicle Offences
9.1 Context
9.2 Offences recorded by the police
9.3 Alternatives to prosecution
9.4 Offences with a charge proved
9.5 Police fixed penalty notices for stationary vehicle offences
9.6 Civil penalty charge notices for parking infringements
9.7 Other offences related to motor vehicles
10. Appendix of Tables
Annex: Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin
Scottish Executive Statistical Services
Correspondence and enquiries