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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.
Recidivism Rate
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RecidivismRate.csv (48 rows, 1 KB)
Year
Datetime (Year) "YYYY"
Types Of Recidivism Rates
Text (General)
2 Year Recidivism Rates
Numeric (Percentage)
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(Null)0.0%
2005
OVERALL
24.2
2005
PENAL INMATES
24.3
2005
DRC INMATES
13.2
2006
OVERALL
25.1
2006
PENAL INMATES
25.5
2006
DRC INMATES
9.9
2007
OVERALL
26.5
2007
PENAL INMATES
26.7
2007
DRC INMATES
20.4
2008
OVERALL
27.3
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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Year
year
Datetime (Year) "YYYY"
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Types Of Recidivism Rates
types_of_recidivism_rates
Text (General)
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2 Year Recidivism Rates
2_year_recidivism_rates
Numeric (Percentage)
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