Scottish Government data on the reconviction rates of offenders discharged from custody or given non-custodial sentences. The dataset is designated as Official Statistics, though not as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
- Model recidivism risk based on offender discharge or sentencing pathways mentioned in the description
- Analyze trends in reoffending rates following non-custodial sentences in Scotland
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different post-custody outcomes based on reconviction data
Strengths
- Official Statistics produced by the Scottish Government
- Last updated on 2026-07-08
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Scottish Government
- Collection Method
- Official Statistics
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:08.112742
- Geography
- Scotland