Individuals entering treatment programmes from criminal justice interventions

Key Points

• The number of individuals entering treatment programmes from criminal justice interventions has increased by 71% from 1999/00 to 2001/02. (Table B4.1)
• Since they were introduced in October 1999, 307 individuals have entered treatment programmes as a result of Drug Testing and Treatment Orders. (Table B4.1)

Information on the number of individuals entering treatment programmes from criminal justice interventions is collected annually by the Scottish Executive Justice Department. Local authorities are asked to provide the number of offenders entering treatment programmes as a result of diversion from prosecution schemes, probation orders with a special condition of treatment and Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs). It should be noted that DTTOs are only available to courts in Glasgow, Fife, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. However, they are in the process of being rolled out across the country.

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