Press release

Convictions of adults 1984-2014 Previous convictions, young age or drug dealing increase likelihood of reoffending

Neuchâtel, 23.11.2015 (FSO) - Some 38% of a group of Swiss adults who had been convicted were reconvicted within ten years. More than half (51%) of reoffenders are convicted a third time. These are some of the findings from a Federal Statistical Office (FSO) study on the delinquent path of a group of Swiss nationals born in 1966.


 

Download press release

Previous convictions, young age or drug dealing increase likelihood of reoffending
(PDF, 1 pages, 130 kB)


Other languages


Associated documents

Convictions of adults 1984-2014: a long-time recidivism study of Swiss birth cohort


Tags

woman man gender

 

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases.assetdetail.40391.html