Recidivism and Reentry - Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistical information and publications about recidivism and reentry in the United States from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study
Mar 1, 2022 · The majority of those prisoners, 62%, had also returned to prison. Those are just two takeaways from a ten-year study of prisoner recidivism released in September 2021 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Recidivism Rates by State 2024 - World Population Review
According to 2021 data, Massachusetts’s three-year recidivism rate is 33%. Michigan. Michigan’s recidivism rate is 26.%, the lowest it has ever been and one of the ten lowest recidivism rates in the United States. Minnesota
From the Desk of BJA - November 2023 | Justice Matters ...
Nov 27, 2023 · A U.S. Department of Justice analysis of recidivism rates in 24 states concluded that 82 percent of individuals released from state prisons were rearrested at least once during the 10 years following release. Within one year of release, 43 percent of formerly incarcerated people were rearrested.
Results from the National Institute of Justice Recidivism ...
Mar 21, 2022 · Recidivism is a major concern for our criminal justice system. Although our ability to predict recidivism through risk and needs assessments has improved, many tools used for prediction and forecasting are insensitive to gender-specific needs and suffer from racial bias.
Sixty-eight percent of prisoners had been arrested for a new crime 3 years after release, while 79% of prisoners were arrested after 6 years following release (table 2). At the end of the 9-year follow-up period, the percentage of prisoners arrested after release increased to 83% (figure 2).
Recidivism - National Institute of Justice
Understanding whether and how programs and policies discourage recidivism through incapacitation, specific deterrence, rehabilitation, and desistance is important to identify effective evidence-based practices.