Table S1  Persons dealt with for principal drug offences by age, sex and action taken, 2003,Scotland(1)
													Number and percentage of persons
			Males							Females
Action taken	All	Under	17 and	21 and	25 and	30 and		All	Under	17 and	21 and	25 and	30 and
	ages	17	under 21	under 25	under 30	over		ages	17	under 21	under 25	under 30	over
						Number of persons
Dealt with at court
Found guilty
Immediate custody(3)	298	3	25	62	63	145		47	-	4	10	12	21
Suspended sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-custodial	3,487	76	865	788	754	1,004		408	6	51	85	96	170
Total found guilty	3,785	79	890	850	817	1,149		455	6	55	95	108	191
Found not guilty	2,495	104	519	525	517	830		430	9	65	98	95	163
Total dealt with at court	6,280	183	1,409	1,375	1,334	1,979		885	15	120	193	203	354
Cautioned	101	37	25	11	13	15		16	3	3	4	4	2
Settled by compounding(1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Fiscal fine	599	29	217	128	77	148		48	2	15	10	5	16
Other(2)	2,685	472	672	554	396	591		403	36	85	74	75	133
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Total	9,665	721	2,323	2,068	1,820	2,733		1,352	56	223	281	287	505
						Percentage of persons
Dealt with at court
Found guilty
Immediate custody(3)	3	0	1	3	3	5		3	0	2	4	4	4
Suspended sentence	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-custodial	36	11	37	38	41	37		30	11	23	30	33	34
Total found guilty	39	11	38	41	45	42		34	11	25	34	38	38
Found not guilty	26	14	22	25	28	30		32	16	29	35	33	32
Total dealt with at court	65	25	61	66	73	72		65	27	54	69	71	70
Cautioned	1	5	1	1	1	1		1	5	1	1	1	0
Settled by compounding(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiscal fine	6	4	9	6	4	5		4	4	7	4	2	3
Other(2)	28	65	29	27	22	22		30	64	38	26	26	26
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Total	100	100	100	100	100	100		100	100	100	100	100	100
(1)  HM Customs and Excise cases dealt with by payment of a compound settlement in lieu of prosecution for minor cannabis offences.. Customs data not available for 2003.
(2)  Includes informal warnings and no further action.
(3) Includes unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.