37% on probation re-offend in two years

Nearly half of burglars and public order offenders who served their sentences in the community committed another offence within two years, the first study of its type in Ireland has shown.

The average rate of re-offending among all of those under Probation Service supervision was 37%.

The study was conducted by the Probation Service and the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and is the first such research of recidivism among offenders in the community.