11. Retsidiivsus Eestis - Justiitsministeerium

RETSIDIIVSUS EESTIS 2010
3. RECIDIVISM OF CONVICTED OFFENDERS
RETSIDIIVSUS EESTIS 2010
Figure 21. 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 county courts
3.5. Recidivism according to the type of principal punishment
and procedure
There were no general differences in the recidivism rate on the basis of the
type of principal punishment; the recidivism rates by county courts were also
relatively similar, exception being the Harju County Court in which the recidivism
rate for pecuniary punishment was 20%, however, 26% for conditional
sentence which was not applied.
Certain differences in the recidivism rate were also found according to the
type of procedure in which the court session was held which led to the conviction.
Figure 22. 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 type of procedure
Recidivism rate was the highest in case of expedited procedure (28%), which
was closely followed by simplified procedure (27%). Recidivism rate in general
procedure and summary proceedings was 25%, the settlement proceedings,
however, stood out by a lower rate than others.
In case of the Tartu County Court judgements the recidivism rates were the
lowest in all types of procedure, the only exception being settlement proceedings
regarding which the recidivism rate of decisions connected to the Tartu
County Court were beaten by the Pärnu County Court only by 1 percentage
point. At the same time, a fact has to be taken into consideration that the
number of settlement proceedings conducted at the Tartu County Court
exceeded many times the number of these proceedings in other county courts.
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