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Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2009-10 Offender Cohort
Analysis of one year reconviction rates for the cohort of offenders released from a custodial sentence or receiving a non-custodial disposal in 2009-10
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Table 1 One year reconviction frequency rates and one year reconviction rates:
1997-98 to 2009-10 cohorts
| Overall cohort |
Number of offenders |
Reconviction rate[2] |
Reconviction frequency rate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 53,451 | 31.8 | 61.5 |
| 1998-99 | 49,133 | 31.8 | 61.8 |
| 1999-00 | 44,202 | 31.3 | 58.9 |
| 2000-01 | 41,569 | 31.8 | 59.7 |
| 2001-02 | 43,645 | 32.4 | 62.8 |
| 2002-03 | 44,854 | 32.9 | 63.9 |
| 2003-04 | 46,929 | 32.7 | 62.0 |
| 2004-05 | 49,285 | 32.5 | 61.1 |
| 2005-06 | 50,245 | 32.5 | 60.1 |
| 2006-07 | 53,248 | 32.4 | 59.7 |
| 2007-08 | 52,984 | 31.3 | 57.3 |
| 2008-09 | 49,612 | 31.5 | 59.6 |
| 2009-10 | 47,336 | 30.1 | 54.0 |
1. The number of offenders that are reconvicted, and the number of reconvictions, are omitted from the bulletin for clarity. They are included in the additional datasets which accompany this bulletin.
2. The definition of reconviction frequency rate and reconviction rate is described in section 12.2.1
3. Figures for previous cohorts may differ from previously published figures as updated information is fed into the Scottish Offenders Index.
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