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 "title": "Proven reoffending rate, England and Wales",
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 "summary": "The share of adult, child and all offenders in England and Wales who commit a proven reoffence within a year, for each three-month cohort since April to June 2013, from the Ministry of Justice's proven reoffending statistics.",
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  "Offenders released from custody, given a non-custodial conviction, caution or other out-of-court disposal in each three-month cohort, and the share who commit an offence in the following year that is proven by a court conviction or caution within six months more, as Table A1 gives it. Children are those aged 10 to 17. The Ministry of Justice's annual cohorts are counted differently and are not used here.",
  "Quarters are the cohort's three months: 2024 Q4 is the cohort of October to December 2024."
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