Sentence examples for their reoffending from inspiring English sources

Their reoffending rate was 3%, the German authorities explained, as opposed to 46% for a control group.

The Pew report found that if states could reduce their reoffending rates by 10%, more than $635m could be saved in prison costs.

"If we are successful in achieving a measured reduction in their reoffending rates then the Ministry of Justice will make payments – but only if we are successful," Hutchinson stresses.

Their reoffending rate is less than 5% compared with the general rate of about two-thirds of all adults released from prison, who are reconvicted within two years of being discharged.

In other words, because the rest of us categorise sex offenders as irredeemable, and so isolate them on release (by denying them housing, job opportunities and even running vigilante campaigns to get them moved on), our fears about their reoffending risk becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

It was designed to help offenders develop their cognitive and social skills and values and, thereby, improve their pro-social competence and decrease their reoffending.

Macdonald explained that prisons in Australia have similar problems to those in the UK, where I am from, especially in terms of their high reoffending rates.

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found when criminals with ADHD took their medication, reoffending rates fell; they were 32-41% less likely to be convicted of a crime when they were taking the medication than when they were off it.

He explained the new scheme would help provide housing for people coming out of prison: "Having a roof over their head reduces their chances of reoffending".

If they uphold their agreements and do not reoffend, their offenses does not remain on their permanent record.

Similarly, he points to studies showing that sex offenders in general tend to lose their risk of reoffending over time, which he takes as evidence that their sexual interests are changing.