NCJ Number
145678
Date Published
1993
Length
119 pages
Annotation
This report presents 1992 statistics on the work of the probation service in England and Wales.
Abstract
The number given a probation order fell by 9 percent to 41,000 in 1992, a decrease of 2 percent over the previous year. Thirty-two percent of 16-year-old probationers were convicted of a violent offense. Older age groups were convicted mainly of property offenses. An increase in the relative use of shorter probation orders of 1 year or less continued, accounting for 57 percent of all probation orders in 1992. This compares with 54 percent in 1991 and 36 percent in 1982. The community service orders issued were at an all-time high of just over 43,000, an increase of 4 percent of 1991. Both probation orders and community service orders were more likely to be completed if they were shorter or if the offender was older. Statistics on prerelease and postrelease supervision are presented by type and sex, as well as terminations of postrelease supervision by reason and type of supervision. The number of probation orders issued under the Children and Young Persons Act of 1969 is presented by age, sex, length of order, offense, type of proceedings, and type of additional requirements. Statistics are also presented on suspended sentence supervision order, money-payment supervision, home supervision, reports and conciliation work, personnel, average caseloads, expenditure and costs, and reconvictions. Extensive tabular data