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1. Introduction
1.1 This bulletin presents information on the reconviction rates of offenders in Scotland and provides an update to the statistics published in June 2005 and October 2006. Reconviction rates are broken down by the age and sex of offenders; by sentence type and the main crime for which they were convicted; by their previous conviction history; and by geographical area. A comparison of the corresponding two year reconviction rates of the offender cohorts from 1995-96 to 2003-04 is made and finally, estimates are made of the impact of "pseudo reconvictions" on the calculated reconviction rates.
1.2 The analysis presented in this bulletin relates to the 46,918 individual offenders for whom convictions data are recorded on the Scottish Offenders Index and who were released from custody or who were given non-custodial sentences in 2003-04. Detailed technical and other background notes on the analyses presented in the bulletin are given in the Annex.
Chart 1: Reconviction rates of offenders discharged from custody or given noncustodial sentences in 2003-04 by number of previous convictions
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