cp(s)a section 306: Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2004/05

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Table 9
Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Theft, 2004/05

Sheriff Court

Per
cent
custody

Per
cent
community
service

Per
cent
probation

Per
cent
fined

Per
cent
other

Persons
with
charge
proved
(=100%)

Average
fine (1)
(£)

Average
length of
custody (2)
(days)

Aberdeen

33

5

28

18

16

785

196

87

Airdrie

37

5

21

16

20

233

214

112

Alloa

16

8

31

19

25

153

159

81

Arbroath

23

10

10

24

34

71

232

107

Ayr

44

3

18

12

23

438

205

77

Banff

30

15

25

25

5

20

380

76

Campbeltown

-

17

-

83

-

6

220

-

Cupar

23

3

24

31

20

75

177

81

Dingwall

29

-

-

50

21

14

207

99

Dornoch

-

-

-

100

-

1

300

-

Dumbarton

38

7

11

27

17

257

194

89

Dumfries

44

7

18

15

16

253

309

109

Dundee

38

6

16

16

25

611

181

93

Dunfermline

30

3

22

21

24

253

163

94

Dunoon

-

-

20

47

33

15

193

-

Duns

9

9

-

61

22

23

136

76

Edinburgh

31

6

15

23

25

1,020

194

93

Elgin

31

6

4

40

19

70

421

112

Falkirk

30

3

18

20

29

383

196

84

Forfar

45

13

13

13

15

60

241

91

Fort William

22

9

16

31

22

32

392

85

Glasgow

35

6

18

17

23

708

206

102

Greenock

35

10

14

14

27

241

167

93

Haddington

25

16

14

18

27

56

218

104

Hamilton

36

5

20

18

21

563

223

102

Inverness

33

7

18

28

14

214

214

93

Jedburgh

40

8

5

32

16

63

211

89

Kilmarnock

39

5

15

25

16

640

223

103

Kirkcaldy

39

2

15

18

27

420

168

117

Kirkcudbright

44

31

-

3

22

32

700

102

Kirkwall

-

-

38

50

13

8

294

-

Lanark

35

11

18

15

21

66

285

65

Lerwick

14

7

7

57

14

14

153

76

Linlithgow

29

6

30

20

15

237

204

71

Lochmaddy

50

50

-

-

-

2

-

30

Oban

48

7

7

19

19

27

210

93

Paisley

34

4

15

20

27

412

213

106

Peebles

38

25

4

33

-

24

208

111

Perth

28

10

14

28

20

206

225

111

Peterhead

28

3

31

32

7

118

219

81

Portree

30

-

40

20

10

10

375

51

Rothesay

23

-

38

23

15

13

133

102

Selkirk

33

5

15

27

20

55

211

79

Stirling

21

9

26

27

16

277

206

95

Stonehaven

-

19

13

38

31

16

233

-

Stornoway

53

12

6

24

6

17

363

118

Stranraer

46

15

4

15

18

71

239

111

Tain

14

23

17

29

17

35

268

91

Wick

39

6

11

33

11

18

263

113

Scotland

34

6

18

21

21

9,336

210

96

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved.

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