NCJ Number
10515
Journal
Medicine, Science, and the Law Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1973) Pages: 127-138
Date Published
1973
Length
11 pages
Annotation
TWENTY-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF 82 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE HIGHER COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1951 CHARGED WITH ARSON TO DETERMINE THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM.
Abstract
OF THE 67 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF ARSON, ONLY THREE WERE RECONVICTED FOR THE CRIME OF ARSON BY THE END OF 1971. THIRTY-TWO WERE NOT SUBSEQUENTLY RECONVICTED FOR A STANDARD-LIST OFFENSE BY THE END OF 1971. THE STUDY EMPHASIZED THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE CONVICTED OF ARSON ARE NOT RECONVICTED FOR THAT OFFENSE AGAIN.