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NCJ Number:	182676

Title:	Probation Statistics, England and Wales, 1998

Date Published:	January 2000

Annotation:	Court and probation statistics for England and Wales for 1998 revealed that the courts sentenced 1.47 million offenders in 1998 and imposed prisons sentences to 23 percent and community sentences in 28 percent of the sentences for indictable offenses.

Abstract:	The proportion of community sentences in the Crown Court declined from 30 percent in 1995 to 27 percent in 1996 and then increased to 28 percent in 1998. In contrast, the proportion in magistrates’ courts was steady at 27-28 percent during 1994 and 1995 and increased slightly to 29 percent in 1996-98. Magistrates’ courts imposed 85 percent of all community sentences in 1998. The numbers sentenced to probation or a community service order for indictable offenses relating to violence against the person has doubled between 1988 and 1998. The Great Britain Home Office received reports of 314 serious incidents involving probationers; these incidents included murder, manslaughter, rape, arson, and other offenses. The average number of persons supervised per probation officer has increased from 20.7 in 1992 to 34.6 in 1998. Tables, figures, and reference notes

Main Term(s):	Corrections in foreign countries

Index Term(s):	Court statistics; England; Foreign corrections statistics; Foreign courts; Probation statistics; Probation violations; Wales

Publication Number:	ISBN 1840823976

Sponsoring Agency:	Great Britain Home Office London, SW1H 9AT, England Great Britain Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate London, SW1H 9AT, England

Corporate Author:	Great Britain Home Office Government Statistical Service United Kingdom

Sale Source:	Great Britain Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate Information and Publications Group Room 201 50 Queen Anne's Gate London, SW1H 9AT, United Kingdom

Page Count:	61

Format:	Document

Type:	Statistics

Language:	English

Country:	United Kingdom



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