From the Scottish Government today, the recidivism rates: The reconviction rate increased by 2.6 percentage points over the last year from 24.3% in 2019-20 to 26.9% in 2020-21. The average number of reconvictions per offender increased by 8% in the same period from 0.41 to 0.44 (Table 1). After last year’s COVID-19 impacted decrease, the increase in the reconviction rate and average number of reconvictions per offender still remains at one of the lowest levels recorded. The most recent figures are still lower than those ten years ago. Between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the reconviction rate has fallen by 2.8 percentage points … Continue reading Massive fall in reconvictions per offender