Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America
by philwelch on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:15PM
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“Proportion of offenders who previously offended” is not necessarily an indication of “proportion of first-time offenders who will reoffend”.
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Re:All of the vehicle license plates available in America
by actuallyalys on Monday August 21, 2023 @09:38PM
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That's a good point. Since it's looking at offenders and not offenses, I don't think they can diverge too much (but perhaps I'm not thinking of the math correctly). I did find a study looking at just first-time offenders, which found a similar level after five years: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3095888/figure/....