Table 1.
Prevalence and Frequency of Offending Behaviour Ages 21–33
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| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |||
| Age 21 (n=678)
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| Property | 13.2% | 2.4% | 6.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 2 |
| Violent | 11.8% | 3.2% | 4.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Drug | 46.9% | 2.1% | 22.7 | 12.5 | 1.7 | 1 |
| Any offence | 52.8% | 6.2% | 22.7 | 11 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Age 24 (n=639)
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| Property | 7.8% | 1.9% | 8.8 | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Violent | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Drug | 37.3% | 1.4% | 24.6 | 16.5 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Any offence | 41.6% | 4.4% | 24.5 | 13.5 | 2.3 | 2 |
| Age 27 (n=622)
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| Property | 11.3% | 2.7% | 7.1 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Violent | 6.6% | 3.7% | 3.4 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
| Drug | 36.0% | 2.1% | 26.4 | 21 | 2.2 | 2 |
| Any offence | 42.0% | 6.4% | 25.1 | 12 | 2.6 | 2 |
| Age 30 (n=603)
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| Property | 5.8% | 1.2% | 7.1 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Violent | 4.3% | 1.2% | 2.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Drug | 32.3% | 1.2% | 25.7 | 20 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Any offence | 35.9% | 3.3% | 24.8 | 16 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Age 33 (n=573)
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| Property | 7.0% | 1.4% | 5.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| Violent | 4.2% | 1.9% | 2.7 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Drug | 26.6% | 0.9% | 29.1 | 40 | 1.6 | 2 |
| Any offence | 30.9% | 3.3% | 26.8 | 20 | 2.3 | 2 |