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

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Table 10
Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Other Dishonesty, 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

26

11

16

27

20

146

214

79

Airdrie

24

7

19

35

15

54

297

93

Alloa

13

6

16

25

41

32

259

84

Arbroath

14

10

19

48

10

21

202

81

Ayr

24

7

24

29

16

87

318

88

Banff

9

18

-

45

27

11

220

91

Campbeltown

-

-

-

100

-

1

100

-

Cupar

11

17

22

28

22

18

146

76

Dingwall

-

20

20

40

20

5

245

-

Dornoch

25

25

-

-

50

4

-

91

Dumbarton

26

17

12

38

7

42

298

83

Dumfries

14

20

9

31

26

35

295

97

Dundee

32

7

13

29

19

160

235

89

Dunfermline

16

5

22

34

23

64

267

79

Dunoon

-

17

17

17

50

6

350

-

Duns

-

50

-

-

50

2

-

-

Edinburgh

13

12

9

43

23

360

267

79

Elgin

3

7

-

66

24

29

647

182

Falkirk

11

7

11

40

32

91

313

64

Forfar

19

-

-

50

31

16

537

101

Fort William

-

-

-

75

25

4

833

-

Glasgow

15

15

12

37

21

286

298

89

Greenock

33

15

7

30

15

46

209

79

Haddington

11

37

16

32

5

19

92

76

Hamilton

21

8

12

40

19

148

289

102

Inverness

24

12

7

43

14

42

306

65

Jedburgh

23

10

10

47

10

30

286

90

Kilmarnock

19

6

11

44

21

108

228

105

Kirkcaldy

18

5

14

31

32

78

305

102

Kirkcudbright

50

-

17

33

-

6

450

71

Kirkwall

-

-

-

50

50

2

150

-

Lanark

19

14

10

29

29

21

233

61

Lerwick

-

-

33

33

33

3

350

-

Linlithgow

19

13

8

40

19

52

262

54

Lochmaddy

-

100

-

-

-

1

-

-

Oban

29

-

7

29

36

14

138

57

Paisley

22

10

13

32

23

105

251

90

Peebles

40

60

-

-

-

5

-

92

Perth

14

23

13

32

18

56

288

64

Peterhead

6

11

17

50

17

18

262

61

Portree

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rothesay

25

-

25

25

25

8

288

76

Selkirk

20

20

7

47

7

15

243

61

Stirling

13

15

16

39

18

62

229

103

Stonehaven

14

29

-

43

14

7

208

122

Stornoway

-

-

-

100

-

2

550

-

Stranraer

19

31

-

38

13

16

442

91

Tain

25

25

-

42

8

12

240

81

Wick

20

-

-

40

40

5

500

91

Scotland (3)

19

11

12

37

21

2,356

282

86

(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.
(3) Includes court place not known.

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