Recidivism

Reports and papers

• Police drug diversion: a study of criminal offending outcomes
  Jason Payne, Max Kwiatkowski and Joy Wundersitz, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2008
• Inquiry into strategies to prevent high volume offending and recidivism by young people : discussion paper
  Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee, Melbourne : Parliament of Victoria. 2008
• Reconviction patterns of released prisoners : a 48-months follow-up analysis
  Arul Nadesu, Wellington, NZ : Department of Corrections. 2008
• Monitoring trends in re-offending among adult and juvenile offenders given non-custodial sanctions (PDF 386kB)
  Nadine Smith and Craig Jones, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. 2008
• The Queensland Drug Court : a recidivism study of the first 100 graduates
  Jason Payne, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2008
• Are arsonists repeat offenders?
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• The deterrent effect of higher fines on recidivism: driving offences (PDF 519kB)
  Steve Moffatt and Suzanne Poynton, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. 2007
• Is notification of sex offenders in local communities effective?
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Reoffending arsonists in NSW
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Recidivism in Australia : findings and future research
  Jason Payne, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Recidivism of sex offenders : research paper
  Karen Gelb, Sentencing Advisory Council, Victoria. 2007
• To break the cycle : prevention and rehabilitation responses to serious repeat offending by young people (PDF 215kB)
  David Cappo, Commissioner for Social Inclusion, South Australia. 2007
• Who returns to prison? Patterns of recidivism among prisoners released from custody in Victoria 2002-03
  Shasta Holland, Kym Pointon and Stuart Ross, Department of Justice, Victoria. 2007
• Performance audit: prisoner rehabilitation (PDF 820kB)
  NSW Auditor-General. 2006
• Police cautioning in Queensland : the impact on juvenile offending pathways
  Susan Dennison, Anna Stewart and Emily Hurren, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2006
• Reducing the risk of recidivism
  Talina Drabsch, NSW Parliamentary Library. 2006
• Reoffending among young people cautioned by police or who participated in a youth justice conference (PDF 543kB)
  Sumitra Vignaendra and Jacqueline Fitzgerald, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2006
• Wilderness programs and boot camps - are they effective?
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2006
• Interventions for prisoners returning to the community
  Maria Borzycki, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005
• ACT recidivist offenders
  Toni Makkai, Jerry Ratcliffe, Keenan Veraar and Lisa Collins, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Assessment of the risk of reoffending by Indigenous male violent and sexual offenders
  Alfred Allan and Deborah Dawson, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Current trends in the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders
  Andrew Day, Kevin Howells and Debra Rickwood, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Recidivism of sexual offenders
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Recidivism of sexual offenders : rates, risk factors and treatment efficacy
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Youth justice : criminal trajectories
  Mark Lynch, Julianne Buckman and Leigh Krenske, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2003
• Recidivism among juvenile offenders : an analysis of times to reappearance in court
  Carlos Carcach and Simon Leverett, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1999
• The rehabilitation of offenders : international perspectives applied to Australian correctional systems
  Kevin Howells and Andrew Day, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1999
• Society's response to the violent offender
  Peter N Grabosky and William E Lucas, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1989