Structured Deferred Sentence
DETAILS
Local Authority area:
Aberdeen City
Primary Courts of relevance:
Aberdeen, Banff, Peterhead
All information provided by:
Aberdeen Community Justice Partnership
Aberdeen City Community Justice Information
Published: 23 April 2021
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Structured Deferred Sentence
Interventions suitable for
All ages (over 16).
Programme title and provider
Structured Deferred Sentence
Details of all Specific national or local scheme/intervention(s) available
Structured Deferred Sentences may be used post conviction but prior to sentencing. These can be offered creatively as an alternative to a Community Payback Order, or a custodial sentence. A non-Problem Solving Structured Deferred Sentence is likely, but not always, to be less intensive than the Problem Solving SDS but will still be a planned intervention aimed at reducing reoffending. This would be a reasonably high intensity intervention involving a social worker and support worker, aimed at further assessment of risk/needs/ responsivity, stabilisation, addressing basic needs, linking with wider support services, or to undertake specified pieces of work.
Possible outcomes
Reduced offending, improved access to services, increased stability.
Process for Assessment and/or inclusion in scheme/intervention
Criminal Justice Social Work Report.