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Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2016-2017 offender cohort

This publication provides analyses of trends in reconviction statistics up to the latest cohort of 2016 to 2017.

Gender	Number of Individuals	Repeat non-court disposal rate³	Average number of repeat non-court disposals per individual
Males
2008-09	77,071	24.7	0.40
2009-10	82,412	23.9	0.39
2010-11	78,218	23.2	0.38
2011-12	81,823	23.8	0.40
2012-13	92,219	23.9	0.41
2013-14	90,986	22.0	0.37
2014-15	73,469	20.8	0.34
2015-16	66,880	18.3	0.28
2016-17	52,988	17.4	0.25
Females
2008-09	23,497	16.7	0.23
2009-10	24,929	15.3	0.21
2010-11	24,151	15.1	0.21
2011-12	26,446	18.3	0.26
2012-13	34,102	18.6	0.26
2013-14	31,361	14.2	0.21
2014-15	22,651	13.9	0.21
2015-16	23,907	13.8	0.19
2016-17	19,782	13.8	0.18

1. The non-court disposals dataset is independent of the dataset on court convictions.

2. Includes police and COPFS disposals.

3. The percentage of individuals receiving a non-court disposal within a year of receiving a non-court disposal.

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