The available informationon the number and percentage of persons found guilty of a range of crimes and offenceswho received a custodial sentence is given in the following table.Persons Receivinga Custodial Sentence from Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences1,2001-02 to 2005-06: Number and Percentage of All Persons with a Charge Proved Main Crime or Offence Number of Persons Receiving a Custodial Sentence Number of Persons Receiving a Custodial Sentence as a Percentage of all Persons with a Charge Proved 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Serious assault and attempted murder 611 687 710 686 606 52 51 48 50 48 Housebreaking 1,374 1,336 1,213 1,117 884 51 49 48 47 44 Theft by opening a lockfast place 579 577 475 391 324 39 40 37 33 35 Theft of a motor vehicle 349 424 293 263 218 25 29 23 24 23 Shoplifting 2,419 2,492 2,324 2,372 2,283 29 28 29 28 29 Other theft 1,192 1,013 898 923 802 28 27 26 26 26 Fraud 164 155 144 143 154 11 11 10 11 13 Fire-raising 43 52 52 47 59 34 35 31 24 34 Vandalism etc 276 290 378 388 357 7 7 8 8 8 Crimes against public justice 995 1,021 1,007 1,122 1,277 19 20 19 19 23 Handling an offensive...