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<p>The number of women given a custodial sentence of less than and more than six months,
at Magistrates and Crown courts, by offence and police force area in 2018 is published
in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802045/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx</a></p><p>
</p><p>The requested data can be gathered by:</p><ul><li>Select the relevant court
in the ‘Court Type’ field (Magistrates/Crown)</li><li>Select ‘2018’ in the ‘Year of
Appearance’ field</li><li>Select ’02: Female’ in the ‘Sex’ field</li><li>Drag the
‘Offence’ field into Rows</li><li>Select the relevant sentence lengths in the ‘Custodial
Sentence Length’ field (six months or less/ greater than six months)</li><li>Select
the relevant police force area in the ‘Police Force Area’ field</li></ul><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The number of women given a custodial sentence less than and more than six
months from each magistrates and Crown court in North Wales in 2018, with corresponding
offence, is available in the attached tables.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision, as set out
in our Female Offender Strategy, is to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice
system and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.</p><p> </p><p>There
is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are
more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study
‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence
orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period,
a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under
12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community
orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot
protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address
offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs,
and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p>
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