11. Retsidiivsus Eestis - Justiitsministeerium

RETSIDIIVSUS EESTIS 2010
3. RECIDIVISM OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS
RETSIDIIVSUS EESTIS 2010
3.3. Recidivism according to the type of criminal offence
People punished for thefts commit on the average more new criminal offences;
251 people from 757 (33%) convicted offenders committed a new criminal
offence within a year.
3.4. Recidivism with respect to other factors
In 2007, the overall recidivism rate for convicted offenders was 24%. Within
a year, the judgement of conviction entered into force with respect to 6019
people (except punishments with actual imprisonment), from those people
practically every fourth (1438) committed a new criminal offence within a
year.
There were 92% of men and 8% of women among convicted offenders;
within a year, a new criminal offence was committed by 25% of men and 16%
of women.
Figure 17. The proportion of people who committed a new criminal offence of any
type within 12 months after they had been convicted in the court (2007)
From the people punished for theft less than half will also commit theft also
as their next criminal offence. Within a year, 13% of convicted offenders will
commit theft again. Compared to 2008, the proportion of convicted offenders
who had repeatedly committed theft somewhat decreased – if in 2007, 11%
of people convicted for theft committed a new theft within nine months, in
2008 there were 8%.
After thefts the highest recidivism rate in 2007 occurred in case of drunk
drivers from whom 27% committed a new criminal offence within a year after
conviction. In 2008, the recidivism rate of committing the same criminal
offence by drunk drivers considerably decreased – from 8% for nine months
in 2007 to 3% in 2008.
People who were punished for sex crimes in 2007 did not commit any new
criminal offence of the same type during 18 months, there were no such criminal
offences in 2008 either. The number of drug offenders and people who
had committed robberies and frauds was also so small that it is difficult to
make any conclusions on recidivism concerning the criminal offences of the
same type based on this.
Figure 18. The proportion of people who committed a new criminal offence
within 12 months after a judgement of conviction had been rendered with respect
to them by age groups
By age groups the highest number of people committing a new criminal
offence was among convicted offenders up to 18 years old (36%). Probably
in case of this group we are dealing with young people in whose case the
convicted offence was not the first encounter with criminal proceedings and
who have committed more serious criminal offences as well. The fact that every
third person from these young people commits already within a year after
conviction the next criminal offence also refers to the fact that the direction
of a person’s behaviour with procedural instruments has not been successful.
By age groups the least criminal offences within a year after conviction were
committed by 54 year old and older people, their recidivism rate was 13%.
Just like in case of findings made with respect to terminated proceedings,
the thing which is different with respect to recidivism calculated on the basis
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