Recidivism Rates

• What was the recidivism rate in 2017?

  30%
• What was the recidivism rate for short sentences (in juvenile centres) in 2017?

  74%
• What does recidivism lead to?

  Prisons being overcrowded and overpopulated
• Why is there a "dark figure of reoffending"?

  The rates only account for who is caught.
• Why do right realists believe that prison works?

  It believes they have rational choice and will therefore be deterred by fear of prisons.
• What do marxists believe about the high recidivism rates?

  That its not surprising as many offenders are unemployed, resulting in crime. This is because their basic needs are not met.