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. 2019 Nov 13;4:28. Originally published 2019 Feb 11. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14970.2

Table 3. Two-year reconviction rates in released prisoners.

Country Year Cohort size Reconviction Publication
Australia 2014–2015 n/a 53% Australian Government, 2018
Austria 2013 7,185 26% Statistik Austria, 2018
Canada – Ontario 2014–2015 2,610 35% Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, 2017
Canada – Quebec 2007–2008 9,483 55% Ministère de la Sécurité publique, 2015
Chile 2010 20,625 39% Gendarmería de Chile, 2013
Denmark 2013 3,904 63% Statistics Denmark, 2018
Estonia 2013–2014 n/a 35% Ahven et al., 2018
Finland * 2005 4,507 36% Graunbøl et al., 2010
France 2004 78,580 40% Ministère de la Justice, 2013
Iceland 2009–2011 322 27% Yeoman, 2015
Netherlands 2013 31,168 46% Ministerie van Justice en Veiligheid, 2018
New Zealand 2014–2015 n/a 60% Department of Corrections, 2018
Norway * 2005 8,788 20% Graunbøl et al., 2010
Sweden 2011 7,738 61% Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, 2018
USA (federal) 2005 401,288 60% Alper et al., 2018
USA – N. Carolina 2013 13,873 26% Flinchum et al., 2016
USA – Oregon 2014 4,357 36% State of Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, 2018

* reconviction rates from the original review ( Fazel & Wolf, 2015) were reported since no new data had become available.