Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1
Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997
	ISBN 0 7480 7762 6	Publisher The Scottish Office	Price £2.00

CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. Key Points

3. Criminal Court Proceedings in Context

4. Persons Proceeded Against

5. Type of Court

6. Verdicts

7. Age and Sex of Persons with a Charge Proved

8. Sentencing Sentencing by Age and Sex of Offender

9. Offending while on Bail

10. Characteristics of Individual Offenders

11. Appeals

12. Appendix of Tables Table 1 Summary of known action, 1987-1997

Table 2(a)Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1987-1997

Table 2(b) Persons proceeded against by main crime or offence, 1987-1997

Table 3 Persons called to court by type of court, 1987-1997

Table 4 Outcome of court proceedings by main crime or offence, 1997

Table 5 Number of persons with a charge proved per 1,000 population by age and sex, 1987-1997

Table 6(a) Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main crime or offence, 1997 (Males)

Table 6(b) Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main crime or offence, 1997 (Females)

Table 7 Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1987-1997

Table 8(a) Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1997 (Numbers)

Table 8(b) Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1997 (Row percentages) Table 8(c) Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1997 (Column percentages)

Table 9 Use of compensation orders as a main or secondary punishment by main crime or offence, 1987-1997

Table 10 Per cent of persons with charge proved receiving custodial sentences by main crime or offence, 1987-1997

Table 11 Persons receiving a custodial sentence by length of sentence and main crime or offence, 1997

Table 12 Persons with a charge proved by age, sex and main penalty, 1997

Table 13 Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, age and sex, 1987-1997

Table 14 Persons with a charge proved by main crime or offence and whether offender was on bail, 1997

Table 15 Individuals with at least one charge proved in 1997 by age at 30 June 1997, sex and number of charges proved

Table 16(a) Appeals against conviction, sentence and acquittal by type of trial court and result of appeal, 1987-1997 (Numbers)

Table 16(b) Appeals against conviction, sentence and acquittal by type of trial court and result of appeal, 1987-1997 (Percentage)

Table 17 Appeals against conviction, sentence and acquittal by original disposal and main crime or offence, 1997

Table 18 Applications for leave to appeal by outcome and trial court, 1997

Annex: Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin

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