Annual Report 2008: Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements: South West Scotland Community Justice Authority

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8. Table 2: Statistical Information required for the reporting period 1st April to 31st March

CATEGORY

NUMBER OF OFFENDERS

CATEGORY 1 MAPPA OFFENDERS: REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS ( RSO)

a) Number of Registered Sex Offenders

i) Living in SWSCJA on 31 st March 08

In Ayrshire:

242

In Dumfries and Galloway:

113

ii) Per 100,000 of the population

The SWSCJA population totals approx 520,000; thus there are 68 Registered Sex Offenders per 100,000 of the population.

b) The number of sex offenders having a registration requirement who:

i) Complied with registration requirements

In Ayrshire:

227

In Dumfries and Galloway:

111

ii) Were reported for breaches of the requirements to register between 01/04/07 and 31/03/08.

In Ayrshire:

15

In Dumfries and Galloway:

2

c) The number of:

i) Sexual Offences Prevention Orders ( SOPO's) /Risk of Sexual Harm Orders ( RSHO's) applied for

In Ayrshire:

4 SOPO's & 1 RSHO

In Dumfries and Galloway:

0

ii) Interim SOPO's/ RSHO's granted

In Ayrshire:

1 SOPO's & 0 RSHO

In Dumfries and Galloway:

0

iii) Full SOPO's/ RSHO's imposed by the courts between 1 st April and 31 st March each year

In Ayrshire:

2 SOPO's & 0 RSHO

In Dumfries and Galloway:

0

iv) Foreign Travel Orders applied for

0

v) The number of Foreign Travel Orders imposed by the courts between the 1 st April and 31 st March each year

0

vi) Notification Orders applied for

0

vii) The number of Notification Orders imposed by the courts between 01.04.07 & 31.03.08

0

Table 3: Statistical Information required for the reporting period 1st April to 31st March

CATEGORY

NUMBER OF OFFENDERS

OFFENDERS MANAGED THROUGH LEVELS 1, 2 OR 3 OF THE MAPPA

d) Of the cases managed at level 2 or 3 between 01.04.07 & 31.03.08, how many whilst managed at this level:

i) Were convicted of a further serious sexual or violent offence

0

ii) Were returned to custody for a breach of licence (including those returned to custody because of conviction of further serious sexual or violent offence):

In Ayrshire:

2

In Dumfries and Galloway:

4

iii) Were returned to custody for a breach of Sexual Offences Prevention Order, Foreign Travel Order, or Risk of Sexual Harm Order:

In Ayrshire:

RSHO: 0; SOPO: 1; FTO: 0

In Dumfries and Galloway:

0

iv) Breached their licence but were not returned to custody:

0

v) Were subject to formal disclosure:

In Ayrshire:

0

In Dumfries and Galloway:

1

vi) Are wanted or missing:

In Ayrshire:

0

In Dumfries and Galloway:

0

Number of MAPPA offenders in each of the three categories managed between 1 st April and 31 st March:

Level 1 - single agency risk management

In Ayrshire:

193

In Dumfries and Galloway:

84

Level 2 - through inter agency risk management

In Ayrshire:

41

In Dumfries and Galloway:

27

Level 3 - MAPPP, (critical few)

In Ayrshire:

8

In Dumfries and Galloway:

2

Graph 1: Delineation of age of population of Registered Sex Offenders managed through SWSCJAMAPPA.

Graph 1

The information presented in the graphs above would indicate that the majority of Registered Sex Offenders within the South West Scotland Community Justice Authority area are aged between 22 - 65 years. This broad age range would suggest that there is no typical age range within which an increased propensity for sexual offending can be attributed.

*Unknown: information not supplied in referral / notification paperwork nor on ViSOR and records archived and inaccessible for reference purposes. Data capture systems have since been modified to capture this data on permanent record.

Table 4: Delineation of population of Registered Sex Offenders managed through SWSCJAMAPPA by gender

Male

352

99%

Female

3

1%

Graph 2

Graph 2

The information presented in Table 4 and Graph 5 above would indicate that the majority of Registered Sex Offenders within the South West Scotland Community Justice Authority Region are male.

Table 5: Delineation of population of Registered Sex Offenders managed through SWSCJAMAPPA by ethnic origin as indicated in referral data.

Ethnic Origins

White British

95.2%

338

Black African

0%

0

White Irish

0.3%

1

Black British

0.3%

1

White Other

0.3%

1

Chinese

0%

0

Indian

0%

0

Mixed Race

0%

0

Pakistani

0%

0

Any Other

0%

0

Bangladeshi

0%

0

Black Caribbean

0%

0

Other Asian

0.3%

1

Unknown*

3.6%

13

*Unknown: information not supplied in referral / notification paperwork nor on ViSOR

The information presented in Table 5 above would indicate that the majority of Registered Sex Offenders within the South West Scotland Community Justice Authority Region are White and of U.K Origin. This ratio of ethnicity (95.2 % of total) is broadly consistent with the analysis of the Scottish population by ethnic group (95.4%) (2001 Census (White Scottish & White British % population figures combined)).

Table 6: Snapshot of numbers of Offenders managed under either statutory or non statutory measures across SWSCJA, under MAPPA, as at March 31st 20084:

Legal Status

Number

Percentage

No. of Offenders on Statutory Supervision

140

39.4%

No. Subject to Registration Only

193

54.3%

Information unavailable *

22

6.2%

*Records archived and inaccessible for reference purposes. Data capture systems have since been modified to capture this data on permanent record.

Table 7: Delineation of victims of registered sex offenders by age and gender

Victims

Number

Percentage

No. of Victims Under 16

141

73.4%

No. of Victims 16 and Over

51

26.6%

No. of Male Victims

38

19.6%

No. of Female Victims

156

80.4%

Table 7 and the Graphs below indicates that 73.4 % of victims of the registered sex offenders managed under MAPPA in SWSCJA in the period April 1 st 2007 - 31st March 2008 were aged under 16. 80% of victims (of all ages) were female.

Graph 3

Graph 3

Graph 4

Graph 4

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