3.3 LIMITATIONS OF AGENCIES - REPEAT OFFENDING

Question 1

RECIDIVISM RATES
(3)

Answer 1

1. offenders released from prison - reoffending rate for 2017 rose to 37.5%
2. around 40% of juvenile offenders reoffend within a year
3. juveniles released from custody 68% are re-convicted

Question 2

WHO REOFFENDS?

Answer 2

the more previous convictions a person has, the more likely they are to reoffend
- 2017 , 49.3% offenders had more than 10 convictions

Question 3

BROMLEY BRIEFINGS WINTER FACTFILE 2021
what does this show?

Answer 3

repeat offending limits social control achieved by prisons

Question 4

BROMLEY BRIEFINGS WINTER FACT FILE 2021
2 stats

Answer 4

• re-conviction rates for children released within a year from a short sentence is 77%
• annual total cost of reoffending is estimated at £18.1 b

Question 5

THEORIES

Answer 5

• social learning theory
• right realism
• marxism

Question 6

RIGHT REALISM

Answer 6

1. argue prisons “work”
2. offenders are rational actors so the fear of being jailed acts as a deterrent to offending
3. high rate of reoffending proves otherwise

Question 7

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

Answer 7

1. children for example may want to “better” as criminals and internalise other criminal’s ideologies and deviancy

Question 7

MARXIST

Answer 7

1. not surprising unemployed offenders are more likely to reoffend
2. have little chance of meeting their needs if they solely rely on benefits