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reoffend

to commit another offence.

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But by March 2017, just six of the 21 CRCs consistently achieved significant reductions in the number of reoffenders.

Probation left in chaos by 'botched contracting'

who faced at least knife offence ' Across England and Wales, the number of reoffenders increased by 35pc over the last three years.

Sharp rise in knife thugs caught more than once

In this way, there are two groups of offenders: those who are under much lower risk, most of whom will go to prison once and not come back (ex-offenders), and those who repeatedly do crimes and come back multiple times to the prison (reoffenders).

Contagious Criminal Career Models Showing Backward Bifurcations: Implications for Crime Control Policies

The initiative is a collaboration among the departments to identify the most high-risk reoffenders and give them the opportunities to turn their lives around.

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(29.) Importantly, the reconviction events "are not being measured by a binary measure (whether the offenders reoffend) but rather by a frequency measure (the combined number of reconviction events)," which "encourages the providers from the One* Service to work with all clients, including those who are the most prolific reoffenders." Id.

Not your older brother's bonds: the use and regulation of social-impact bonds in the United States

One way Texas is tackling violence in its facilities is by placing the most challenging juveniles in The Phoenix Program, which focuses on preventing high-risk youth from becoming reoffenders. It holds the kids in the program "accountable for the actions of each individual, and provides a staffing ratio of one to four, as opposed to the regular one to 12," says Griffiths.

Kids are not adults: brain research is providing new insights into what drives teenage behavior, moving lawmakers to rethink policies that treat them like adults

16 percent of prisoners from Norway's Bastoy prison reoffend within 2 years, (http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html?eref=rss_crime) according to a 2010 report , which is considerably less than the 43 percent rate of reoffenders that come out of U.S State prisons after 3-years.

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(200.) See supra note 191 for statistics on reoffenders.

Sex offenders are different: extending Graham to categorically protect the less culpable

Government figures show that serial reoffenders were responsible for 21,000 new crimes within one month of getting a caution, now called an "out-of-court disposal".

YOBS COMMIT 21,000 CRIMES 1 MONTH AFTER A CAUTION; .. 300,000 by reoffenders within year

That has thrown the spotlight on PPO, operated in the town by Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust, which aims to change the worst reoffenders' behaviour.

Jodie's turned his life around; Ex-offender lands top honour

Sanctions should be brought to bear on persistent reoffenders earlier and more progressively.

ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE : TREATY CHANGE BACK ON TABLE AS MINISTERS AGREE DEFICIT SANCTIONS

The Law Commission is the body responsible for validating or removing such quaint pieces of legislation and will also be adjudicating on whether reoffenders in the Wigan area can appeal against being handed 'season ticket orders' for the DW Stadium or if journalists should be hung, drawn and quartered if they fail to laugh sycophantically and look doe-eyed at selected moments during Jose Mourinho press conferences.