High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Re-offending
The trend in reconviction rates for offenders released from custody or given a non-custodial sentence rose slowly from 42.9% for the 1999-00 cohort to peak at 45.2% for the 2002-03 cohort, before declining to 44.7% for the 2003-04 cohort and 44.5% for the 2004-05 cohort
The Scottish Government has established a National Indicator to reduce overall reconviction rates by 2 percentage points by 2011.
Source: Scottish Government Scottish Offenders Index
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