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> every time a person is set free, some tiny fraction will recidivate In the US the recidivism rate is over 60%. That's a gigantic fraction.
by silverlake 11y ago
> every time a person is set free, some tiny fraction will recidivate
In the US the recidivism rate is over 60%. That's a gigantic fraction.
- x0x0 11y agoAmongst those convicted of homicide, it is nowhere near that. Estimates place it at 20-30%, and of those, the highest proportion is for those convicted of homicide during a felony while others such as those who where convicted of DV-related homicide recidivate at closer to 10% (which makes a certain macabre sense.) see eg http://nj.gov/corrections/pdf/REU/Recidivism_Among_Homicide_Offenders.pdf http://nj.gov/corrections/pdf/REU/Recidivism_Among_Homicide_... I meant the phrase "tiny fraction" in light of the discussion of T1 and T2 errors: no matter what rule is made, unless you incarcerate all felons until death, some fraction will recidivate. How to correctly weigh type 1 errors is difficult.