Industry News: Youth Re-Offending

The Home Office has published a report on whether the type of debut offence predicts future offending. Key points include:

• Offenders who committed robbery, burglary or vehicle theft as their debut offence  were almost three times more likely to be chronic offenders
• Chronic offenders were predominantly male and most likely to have received their first caution/ conviction aged 10 to 17 years
• Offenders who committed robbery, burglary or vehicle theft as their debut offence were also most likely to commit a further serious offence (for example, robbery or a serious violence or sexual offence, see Annex A) within 9 years compared with other offence types

The type of debut offence committed was a significant predictor of chronic offending status, taking into consideration gender and age at debut offence; only 1 in 5 young men aged 10 to 17 years at their first caution/conviction did not commit a further proven offence

For more info see: 
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261222/horr77.pdf