Table S3  Persons found guilty, cautioned, given a fiscal fine or dealt with by compounding for drug offences by sex, sentence
or order given(1) and year, Scotland
										Number and percentage of persons
Sentence or order given	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
					Number of males
Dealt with at court
Custodial sentence
Immediate custody(2)	402	520	409	673	737	824	647	658	494	298
Suspended sentence	21	23	6	-	-	1	5	2	-	-
Community Sentence
Community Service Orders	274	226	179	286	356	349	279	195	165	128
Probation Orders	95	150	96	178	264	339	270	257	260	202
Fine	3,391	3,150	2,062	3,496	3,814	3,584	3,058	2,826	2,800	2,715
Other disposals
Absolute or conditional discharge	31	31	33	49	10	9	12	28	12	17
Otherwise dealt with	341	346	155	296	539	580	464	502	524	425
Cautions	17	77	25	4	7	14	86	37	199	101
Dealt with by compounding(3)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Fiscal fine	683	599	111	695	1,227	1,208	776	838	843	599
	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
All Males	5,901	5,591	3,076	5,775	7,062	6,993	5,654	5,390	5,297	4,485
					Percentage of males
Dealt with at court
Custodial sentence	7	10	13	12	10	12	12	12	9	7
Community Sentence	6	7	9	8	9	10	10	8	8	7
Fine	57	56	67	61	54	51	54	52	53	61
Other disposals	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10
Cautions	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	2
Dealt with by compounding(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiscal fine	12	11	4	12	17	17	14	16	16	13
	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Total Males	100	100	100	100	100	101	100	100	100	100
					Number of females
Dealt with at court
Custodial sentence
Immediate custody(2)	32	31	26	51	62	77	56	63	39	47
Suspended sentence	6	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Community Sentence
Community Service Orders	36	49	28	56	91	74	48	39	30	23
Probation Orders	18	26	25	43	70	118	72	79	84	59
Fine	266	237	234	328	408	368	333	232	236	219
Other disposals
Absolute or conditional discharge	6	7	6	5	2	2	2	3	3	3
Otherwise dealt with	57	44	47	65	155	138	99	67	87	104
Cautions	1	6	2	-	-	7	33	5	31	16
Dealt with by compounding(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fiscal fine	95	69	12	92	110	151	49	62	78	48
	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
All Females	627	585	380	647	906	948	697	556	588	519
					Percentage of females
Dealt with at court
Custodial sentence	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	12	7	9
Community Sentence	9	13	14	15	18	20	17	21	19	16
Fine	42	41	62	51	45	39	48	42	40	42
Other disposals	10	9	14	11	17	15	14	13	15	21
Cautions	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	5	3
Dealt with by compounding(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiscal fine	15	12	3	14	12	16	7	11	13	9
	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
(1) Where a person is found guilty of two or more drug offences at the same court appearance the sentence or order shown in this table is the most severe penalty.
(2) Includes unsuspended imprisonment and youth sentences.
(3) H.M. Customs case dealt with by payment of a compound settlement in lieu of prosecution for minor cannabis offences. Data on Customs offences are not available for 2000 to 2003.