CA - California DOC report looks at recidivism rates (11/04/2010) - 0 views
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anonymous on 23 Oct 12Sex offenders make up 6.5 percent of parolees, and have a lower recidivism rate than other offenders. Five percent of released sex offenders who recidivate are convicted of a sex offense, 8.6 percent commit an unrelated crime and 86 percent return to prison on a parole violation. San Francisco has one of the highest recidivism rates in the state-some 78.3 percent go back to prison within three years of release-according to a report released today by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The study tracked about 108,000 inmates released from state prisons between 2005 and 2006 over the course of three years. Overall, the state recidivism rate, which has long been among the highest in the country, clocks in at 67.5 percent, which is not a significant change from previous statewide tallies.