This report summarises patterns of reconviction and imprisonment, over a 48 months period, amongst almost 35,000 offenders who started community sentences (Supervision, Community Work) and orders (front-end Home Detention) during the 12 months period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.
The analysis reveals important differences of reconviction behaviour of different sub-groups of offenders who started community sentences in 2002/03. Offender characteristics such as gender, age at start of sentence, ethnicity, offence type and offenders' previous criminal history are each examined with reference to reconviction and imprisonment.
The report is part of a sequence of reports, available on the Department of Corrections' website; earlier reports have presented reconviction and re-imprisonment amongst released prisoners with 36 and 48 months follow-up periods.