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Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2013-2014 offender cohort

Scottish Government publication providing analysis of trends in reconviction figures up to the latest cohort of 2013 to 2014.

Table 2: Reconviction rates and average number of reconvictions per offender, by gender: 1997-98 to 2013-14 cohorts

Gender	Number of offenders	Reconviction rate	Average number of reconvictions per offender
Males
1997-98	45,705	32.9	0.63
1998-99	41,842	32.9	0.64
1999-00	37,566	32.2	0.61
2000-01	35,272	32.7	0.62
2001-02	36,963	33.4	0.65
2002-03	37,779	33.9	0.66
2003-04	39,511	33.7	0.64
2004-05	41,525	33.2	0.63
2005-06	42,205	33.7	0.62
2006-07	44,761	33.4	0.62
2007-08	44,384	32.2	0.59
2008-09	41,427	32.5	0.61
2009-10	39,402	31.7	0.58
2010-11	36,986	31.5	0.57
2011-12	36,440	30.8	0.56
2012-13	34,672	30.0	0.54
2013-14	35,005	29.4	0.53
Females
1997-98	7,739	25.4	0.51
1998-99	7,303	25.8	0.52
1999-00	6,665	25.7	0.49
2000-01	6,297	26.4	0.48
2001-02	6,685	26.8	0.51
2002-03	7,081	27.3	0.52
2003-04	7,474	27.2	0.53
2004-05	7,847	27.9	0.52
2005-06	8,122	26.2	0.48
2006-07	8,549	27.1	0.49
2007-08	8,670	26.5	0.49
2008-09	8,234	26.5	0.53
2009-10	8,015	25.1	0.47
2010-11	7,719	23.9	0.45
2011-12	7,393	24.1	0.46
2012-13	7,043	23.9	0.45
2013-14	7,188	22.9	0.43

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