Statistics Bulletin CrJ/2005/8 PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2004/05

Table 4
Average daily population of sentenced young offenders by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number & Percentage

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	**% change⁽¹⁾03/04 -04/05**
Total ⁽²⁾	797	773	708	679	655	628	601	573	560	-2
Fine default	31	16	10	7	9	9	9	7	7	-5
Less than 3 months	21	19	18	14	13	12	9	9	10	7
3 months - less than 6 months	113	104	99	88	81	76	62	51	55	9
6 months - less than 2 years	312	291	266	272	255	246	236	217	212	-2
2 years - less than 4 years	145	142	123	119	119	113	116	112	118	5
4 years or over (excluding life)	139	157	150	138	142	136	145	146	131	*-10*
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	33	41	39	35	31	26	21	20	19	-7
Persons recalled from supervision/license	4	1	2	4	3	6	3	9	8	-9
Others	1	1	2	2	1	4	*	1	1	*-16*

(1) Based on rounded figures.
(2) Components may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 4A
Average daily population of male sentenced young offenders by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number & Percentage

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	*% change ⁽¹⁾03/04 -04/05*
Total ⁽²⁾	779	754	690	650	626	604	581	549	530	-3
Fine default	30	16	10	7	9	8	8	7	7	1
Less than 3 months	20	18	17	14	12	12	9	8	9	3
3 months - less than 6 months	112	100	94	81	76	71	58	48	52	8
6 months - less than 2 years	306	285	259	260	239	235	226	203	197	-3
2 years - less than 4 years	142	139	121	116	117	108	114	110	112	2
4 years or over (excluding life)	133	154	148	134	139	134	144	145	129	*-11*
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	32	41	39	34	31	26	20	18	16	-8
Persons recalled from supervision/license	4	1	2	3	3	6	3	9	8	-9
Others	1	1	2	1	1	4	*	1	1	*-16*

See footnotes to Table 4

Table 4B
Average daily population of female sentenced young offenders by length of sentence, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number & Percentage

Length of sentence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	*% change ⁽¹⁾03/04 -04/05*
Total ⁽²⁾	18	18	18	28	29	24	21	24	30	25
Fine default	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	1	*	*-70*
Less than 3 months	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	74
3 months - less than 6 months	1	5	5	7	5	5	5	3	3	21
6 months - less than 2 years	6	6	7	12	16	11	10	14	15	11
2 years - less than 4 years	2	3	2	3	3	5	3	2	6	*170*
4 years or over (excluding life)	6	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	2	56
Life/Section 205/206 sentences	1	-	-	1	*	-	2	3	3	-6
Persons recalled from supervision/license	-	*	-	1	-	-	*	*	-	*-100*
Others	-	*	*	*	*	*	-	-	-	-

See footnotes to Table 4

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