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CSV Singapore Prison Service

Recidivism Rate

Description

This Singapore Prison Service dataset reports two-year recidivism rates for release cohorts, with coverage from 2005 to 2020. It distinguishes types of recidivism rates and records percentage values. The measure tracks local offenders who are detained again or sentenced to imprisonment or a day reporting order within two years of community release.

Official description

Recidivism rate is defined as the percentage of local offenders under the custody of the Singapore Prison Service, who were subsequently detained or sentenced to imprisonment or day reporting order within two years of release into the community. This definition has been applied to the 2018 release cohort onwards. Data is updated as per end 2020, for the full 2 year 2018 release cohort.

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Coverage
2005-01-01 – 2020-12-31
Rows
48
Columns
3

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Data

Year Types Of Recidivism Rates 2 Year Recidivism Rates
2005 OVERALL 24.200000
2005 PENAL INMATES 24.300000
2005 DRC INMATES 13.200000
2006 OVERALL 25.100000
2006 PENAL INMATES 25.500000
2006 DRC INMATES 9.900000
2007 OVERALL 26.500000
2007 PENAL INMATES 26.700000
2007 DRC INMATES 20.400000
2008 OVERALL 27.300000
2008 PENAL INMATES 27.100000
2008 DRC INMATES 30.500000
2009 OVERALL 26.700000
2009 PENAL INMATES 26.700000
2009 DRC INMATES 27.100000
2010 OVERALL 23.600000
2010 PENAL INMATES 23.300000
2010 DRC INMATES 27.500000
2011 OVERALL 27.400000
2011 PENAL INMATES 27.000000
2011 DRC INMATES 31.100000
2012 OVERALL 27.600000
2012 PENAL INMATES 27.500000
2012 DRC INMATES 28.300000
2013 OVERALL 25.900000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Year Year (YYYY) No
Types Of Recidivism Rates Text No
2 Year Recidivism Rates Numeric (Percentage) No