All the available information is given in the following tables.Convictions resulting in a policesentence have been understood to refer to convictions resulting in a custodial sentence.Personswith a Charge Proved for Selected Offences Involving Knives or Guns1,by Police Force Area, 1999-2000 to 2004-052 Police Force Area Possession of an Offensive Weapon3 Firearms Offences Having in a Public Place an Article With a Blade or a Point Total Central 1999-2000 26 4 20 50 2000-01 37 9 30 76 2001-02 35 8 26 69 2002-03 41 8 28 77 2003-04 46 10 37 93 2004-05 55 8 40 103 Dumfries and Galloway 1999-2000 26 9 10 45 2000-01 28 3 16 47 2001-02 15 11 17 43 2002-03 31 5 25 61 2003-04 19 4 17 40 2004-05 20 10 28 58 Fife 1999-2000 31 3 19 53 2000-01 22 5 23 50 2001-02 43 6 24 73 2002-03 29 5 32 66 2003-04 23 1 28 52 2004-05 21 4 23 48 Grampian 1999-2000 40 13 27 80 2000-01 38 12 30 80 2001-02 68 10 47 125 2002-03 54 9 49 112 2003-04 64 7 54 125 2004-05 86 7 59 152 Lothian and Borders 1999-2000 91 18 108 217 2000-01 114 24 120 258 2001-02 149 13 121 283 2002-03 149 22 171 342 2003-04 117 24 173 314 2004-05 140 24 201 365 Northern 1999-2000 22 13 12 47 2000-01 19 8 14 41 2001-02 27 9 17 53 2002-03 25 12 28 65 2003-04 20 13 27 60 2004-05 34 7 22 63 Strathclyde 1999-2000 793 61 773 1,627 2000-01 874 62 845 1,781 2001-02 967 62 933 1,962 2002-03 1,004 53 960 2,017 2003-04 1,097 39 1,022 2,158 2004-05 1,294 55 1,256 2,605 Tayside 1999-2000 74 11 46 131 2000-01 76 18 54 148 2001-02 81 9 62 152 2002-03 72 15 72 159 2003-04 82 14 46 142 2004-05 90 8 74 172 Scotland...