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| Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 |
| 12. Appendix of Tables | |
| Summary of known action, 1987-1997 | Table 1 |
Thousands |
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1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Crimes and offences recorded by the police | |||||||||||
| Crimes 1 | 481 |
458 |
478 |
518 |
573 |
565 |
517 |
500 |
476 |
452 |
421 |
| Offences | 377 |
386 |
409 |
423 |
428 |
434 |
442 |
464 |
452 |
452 |
489 |
| Crimes and offences cleared up by the police | |||||||||||
| Crimes 1 | 168 |
148 |
150 |
155 |
164 |
166 |
160 |
169 |
168 |
166 |
164 |
| Offences | 361 |
369 |
390 |
403 |
407 |
411 |
419 |
442 |
432 |
433 |
467 |
| Crimes and offences dealt with by: | |||||||||||
| Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel2 | 26 |
26 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
23 |
26 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
| Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect | |||||||||||
| Rectification Scheme | 16 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
23 |
35 |
25 |
25 |
| Police conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences)4 | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
90 |
112 |
110 |
124 |
124 |
| Procurator Fiscal action | |||||||||||
| Total reports received 5 | 354 |
351 |
375 |
381 |
390 |
367 |
318 |
290 |
281 |
282 |
289 |
| Fiscal warnings | 19 |
16 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
| Conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences)4,6 | 62 |
75 |
90 |
100 |
106 |
108 |
46 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
| Fiscal fines6 | - |
9 |
16 |
17 |
16 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
17 |
14 |
19 |
| Diversion | - |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| No proceedings | 59 |
52 |
45 |
41 |
35 |
36 |
36 |
45 |
37 |
38 |
35 |
| No further proceedings7 | - |
- |
- |
12 |
12 |
15 |
19 |
20 |
17 |
18 |
22 |
| Persons proceeded against in court | 200 |
199 |
195 |
199 |
201 |
199 |
184 |
179 |
177 |
175 |
173 |
| 1 Excludes offending while on bail. See Annex. |
| 2 Includes referrals from the procurator fiscal; a referral may relate to more than one offence. |
| 3 Provisional figure for the 1996/97 financial year. |
| 4 Police conditional offers for motor vehicle offences introduced on 1 April 1993. |
| 5 Includes reports on deaths etc. |
| 6 From 1 April 1996, these figures relate to offers accepted rather than offers made. |
| 7 Information not available prior to 1990; in those cases where the fiscal decides to stop court proceedings, no further |
| proceedings will be an outcome for cases where person is also counted as been proceeded against in court. |
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