Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2006-07

Table 13.12 Offenders released from a custodial sentence or given a non-custodial sentence (subset whose index disposal ⁽¹⁾ was a community sentence), 1998-99 to 2002-03

Percentage reconvicted within 2 years by number of previous convictions

All previous convictions
Index Disposal and number of previous convictions	Percentage reconvicted within 2 years:					Percentage with a custodial reconviction within 2 years:
Index Disposal and number of previous convictions	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
Community Service Order ⁽²⁾	42	43	42	42	39	13	13	13	11	10
None	25	27	25	27	25	4	7	5	5	5
1 or 2	37	43	39	38	38	9	9	8	8	7
3 to 10	56	50	53	51	47	19	16	19	14	12
Over 10	71	71	72	73	67	35	37	34	32	30
Previous custodial convictions
None	38	39	38	38	35	9	10	9	7	8
1 or 2	54	55	55	58	48	24	24	31	22	15
3 to 10	70	74	68	65	66	42	40	37	36	32
Over 10	73	71	76	75	79	46	50	40	48	31
Previous community convictions
None	32	36	34	33	31	7	9	7	7	7
1 or 2	57	54	55	56	52	21	19	21	14	15
3 to 10	74	63	74	75	65	37	36	35	34	24
Over 10	80	100	83	57	83	40	83	42	14	50
Probation Order ⁽³⁾	59	60	61	63	61	24	25	26	25	25
All previous convictions
None	48	45	44	41	41	15	18	15	13	12
1 or 2	50	51	53	55	55	17	17	18	18	17
3 to 10	65	64	65	67	65	26	26	27	25	24
Over 10	81	82	82	83	80	44	43	46	44	44
Previous custodial convictions
None	54	54	55	55	55	17	19	19	17	17
1 or 2	70	69	68	73	69	36	36	32	38	35
3 to 10	82	80	82	82	80	48	45	51	46	44
Over 10	84	91	89	91	84	61	60	62	59	57
Previous community convictions
None	52	50	51	51	51	19	18	18	16	16
1 or 2	67	68	68	72	68	28	30	31	30	27
3 to 10	79	82	85	81	80	40	44	48	42	43
Over 10	86	93	84	91	83	71	57	56	44	50

1. The type of sentence imposed in the conviction which resulted in a non-custodial sentence being imposed or which originally led to a custodial sentence being served.
2. Includes Supervised Attendance Orders.
3. Includes Restriction of Liberty Orders and Drug Treatment and Testing Orders.

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