Recidivism among prisoners : who comes back? / Robin Fitzgerald, Adrian Cherney and Lachlan Heybroek.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2016.

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Recidivists -- Australia.

Recidivism -- Australia.

Recidivism -- Research -- Australia.

Prisoners -- Australia.

Prison sentences -- Australia.

Women prisoners -- Australia.

Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian.

This study examined recidivism in an Australian correctional population. Three different groups of offenders were identified from their recidivism profiles: low-risk or slow recidivists, moderate-risk or delayed recidivists, and high-risk or rapid recidivists. Slow recidivists were more likely to be younger Indigenous men, with a history of both drug use and parole suspension or cancellation. Delayed recidivists were more likely to be younger non-Indigenous women serving shorter sentences. Rapid recidivists were differentiated only by being more likely to serve shorter sentences. - Abstract.

Title from title caption of PDF document (viewed on February 13, 2017).

"December 2016".

Includes bibliographical references.

1836-2206

0817-8542

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