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Originally Posted by Shaun
Do back that up with figures then, please.
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Edited in. For those who committed a crime as a teenager, the reoffending rate is about 75%, and 50% of those reoffend again aged 30+.
I'll try and find the source (it was the Home Office I know that but can't pin point it atm), I just remember the figures from some coursework I did on it. It also shows that crimes escalate, e.g. you might start off at burglary but because you're not arsed about anything it progressively gets worse and worse.
EDIT- Found it, it was in a book though. Its from 2001 and crime rates have gone up since then ...