Appendix One: Recidivism Index

Released from prison

Beginning community sentence

Category

Group

Reimprisoned

Reconvicted

Imprisoned

Reconvicted

All (2013/14)

28.1

43.7

4.9

27.4

Gender

Female

16.0

34.8

2.3

20.7

Male

29.3

44.6

5.6

29.2

Ethnicity

Maori

32.1

49.0

6.6

32.8

European

23.9

38.5

4.3

25.9

Pacific

23.0

36.8

4.1

26.4

Other (incl. Asian)

12.5

21.0

3.3

21.8

Age

(at prison release or start of community sentence)

Less than 20 years

46.0

68.3

5.9

41.7

20-24 years

36.1

54.6

5.6

31.6

25-29 years

32.5

49.4

5.6

28.3

30-39 years

26.0

41.7

5.1

26.2

40 and above

16.1

26.8

3.0

17.2

Gang affiliate

Active

41.7

58.0

17.4

50.8

Former

33.8

54.2

11.8

40.0

Never

22.3

37.1

3.9

25.5

Offence group (Most serious or original sentence

Breaches

33.5

50.6

9.8

34.7

Burglary

41.0

58.9

6.9

40.1

Dishonesty

38.8

57.9

7.4

34.8

Drugs

10.4

19.6

3.5

20.1

Property damage

28.4

49.0

7.2

35.3

Sexual

8.7

14.4

2.1

11.6

Traffic

16.9

32.0

2.5

21.9

Violence

26.2

42.3

4.7

26.7

Weapons

38.2

55.5

5.8

34.8

Other offence

31.4

46.9

5.2

26.7

Community sentence

Community work

n/a

n/a

5.4

29.4

Supervision

n/a

n/a

4.9

25.0

Intensive supervision

n/a

n/a

6.4

34.8

Community detention

n/a

n/a

1.6

23.4

Home detention sentence

n/a

n/a

4.5

19.5

Prisoner security classification (at release)

Maximum

76.7

86.0

n/a

n/a

High

52.0

67.9

n/a

n/a

Low Medium

37.4

54.8

n/a

n/a

Low

24.2

42.5

n/a

n/a

Minimum

9.5

21.0

n/a

n/a

Release type

Parole

15.6

25.0

n/a

n/a

Post-release conditions

32.6

50.0

n/a

n/a

Sentence length

Less than 6 months

33.5

53.5

3.1

24.2

6 months to <1 year

32.3

47.5

5.0

24.5

1 year to <2 years

28.3

42.5

6.3

34.8

2 years to <3 years

14.9

25.5

n/a

n/a

3 years to <5 years

16.0

25.9

n/a

n/a

5 years or more

10.2

13.9

5.4

29.4

All (2012/2013)

25.9

41.7

4.4

26.4

Category

Group

Reimprisoned

Reconvicted

Imprisoned

Reconvicted

All (2013/14)

36.5

57.0

6.8

38.3

Gender

Female

21.2

44.1

3.3

28.5

Male

38.1

58.4

7.7

40.9

Ethnicity

Maori

41.3

63.2

9.1

44.6

European

32.8

51.4

5.5

36.3

Pacific

25.5

46.6

5.7

36.7

Other (incl. Asian)

17.8

33.9

4.1

28.5

Age

(at prison release or start of community sentence)

Less than 20 years

54.2

80.4

8.8

54.8

20-24 years

41.4

66.9

7.2

43.7

25-29 years

42.0

64.1

7.5

39.4

30-39 years

35.7

54.6

7.3

36.9

40 and above

24.7

39.9

4.4

24.9

Gang affiliate

Active

50.5

71.9

22.8

67.4

Former

47.5

67.6

18.1

58.5

Never

30.8

51.1

5.6

36.2

Offence group (Most serious or original sentence

Breaches

38.4

64.7

13.3

46.7

Burglary

54.3

75.0

11.2

53.7

Dishonesty

47.2

68.6

8.4

43.7

Drugs

20.4

34.8

5.5

31.4

Property damage

39.3

65.2

9.3

50.6

Sexual

15.8

25.9

1.9

16.3

Traffic

22.9

45.9

4.0

32.5

Violence

33.1

53.8

6.9

39.8

Weapons

32.1

61.6

9.1

44.8

Other offence

43.5

59.3

6.2

34.6

Community sentence

Community work

N/A

N/A

7.0

39.4

Supervision

N/A

N/A

7.2

36.0

Intensive supervision

N/A

N/A

10.6

49.4

Community detention

N/A

N/A

2.1

35.3

Home detention sentence

N/A

N/A

9.0

33.3

Prisoner security classification (at release)

Maximum

87.0

100.0

N/A

N/A

High

62.0

80.5

N/A

N/A

Low Medium

48.5

70.0

N/A

N/A

Low

30.7

54.4

N/A

N/A

Minimum

16.1

31.6

N/A

N/A

Release type

Parole

24.8

38.7

N/A

N/A

Post-release conditions

40.4

62.9

N/A

N/A

Sentence length

Less than 6 months

41.0

64.7

4.9

36.3

6 months to <1 year

40.8

62.5

7.6

36.2

1 year to <2 years

38.6

59.3

12.5

49.2

2 years to <3 years

24.9

41.8

N/A

100.0

3 years to <5 years

23.8

36.3

N/A

N/A

5 years or more

18.1

25.8

7.0

39.4

All (2012/2013)

36.8

58.9

6.6

38.7