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Home Office Statistical Bulletin December 2005

58.5 per cent of offenders convicted in 2002 were convicted of a further offence within the following two-years; up on the reoffending rate for the year 2000 which was 57.6 per cent.
The youngest offenders in the sample being considerably more likely to re-offend. A typical profile of a thief was male (77%) aged 27.
Of the various disposals there was only minor difference in reoffending rates between those sentenced to Drug Treatment and Testing Order, Community Sentences or Prison.
Black and Asian offenders numbered 4,759 white offenders 37,540.
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