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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2005-06 and 2006-07 Offender Cohorts

DescriptionThis publication provides detailed analyses of two year reconviction rates for offenders up to the 2005-06 cohort, as well as one year reconviction rates up to the 2006-07 cohort.
ISBN (Web Only)
Official Print Publication DateAugust 2009
Website Publication DateAugust 31, 2009

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National Statistics logoA National Statistics Publication for Scotland
ISSN 0264 1178
ISBN 978 0 7559 7626 3
This document is available in pdf format (172k)
Tables are available as an Excel workbook.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Key points

3 Commentary on two year reconviction rates for 2005-06 cohort

4 Commentary on one year reconviction rates for 2006-07 cohort

5 Notes on statistics used in this bulletin
5.1 The effect of pseudo reconvictions
5.2 Background and methodology
5.3 Data sources
5.4 Counting rules, data definitions and notation
a) Counting rules
b) Data definitions
c) Notation

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland

List of charts and tables
Chart 1 Reconviction rates for offenders in Scotland: 1996-97 to 2006-07 cohorts
Chart 2 Reconviction rates by index crime: 2005-06 cohort
Chart 3 Custodial reconviction rates by index crime: 2005-06 cohort
Chart 4 Reconviction rates excluding pseudo reconvictions: 2005-06 cohort
Table 1 Reconviction rates by sex, age, index disposal and index crime: 1996-97 to 2005-06 cohorts
Table 2 Reconviction rates by sex, age, number and type of previous convictions, index disposal and index crime: 2005-06 cohort
Table 3 Reconviction rates by sex, age, number of previous convictions, index disposal, index crime and number of reconvictions: 2005-06 cohort
Table 4 Reconviction rates for offenders discharged from custody by sentence length of index disposal: 1996-97 to 2005-06 cohorts
Table 5 Reconviction rates by disposal, age, sex and number of previous convictions: 2005-06 cohort
Table 6 Reconviction rates for selected crimes by index crime: 2005-06 cohort
Table 7 Reconviction rates by approximate Community Justice Authority and local authority area: 2005-06 cohort
Table 8 Reconviction rates by police force of index conviction: 2005-06 cohort
Table 9 One year reconviction rates: 1996-97 to 2006-07 cohorts
Table 10 Characteristics of offenders: 2005-06 and 2006-07 cohorts
Table 11 Estimated effect of pseudo reconvictions: 2005-06 cohort
Table 12 Estimated effect of pseudo reconvictions: 1996-97 to 2005-06 cohorts

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