Research Unit

Annual Connecticut Recidivism Study

Recidivism is a relapse into criminal behavior. Measures of recidivism may include: 1) new arrests; 2) new convictions; 3) any incidence of re-incarceration; and 4) returns to prison with a new sentence. The State of Connecticut Recidivism Study is an annual report published in response to the statutory requirements outlined in Public Act 05-249. This legislation created the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division (CJPPD) within the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and tasked the Division with issuing an annual report on the recidivism of offenders released from the custody of the Department of Correction (DOC) and from probation.

2024 Recidivism Study, 2020 Release Cohort: Brief — Published in 2024
2023 Recidivism Report, 2019 Release Cohort /  Brief — Published in 2023
2022 Recidivism Report: 2018 Release Cohort Follow-up /  Brief — Published in 2022
Recidivism, 2017-Release Cohort 36-month follow-up — Published in 2021
Recidivism, 2017-Release Cohort — Published in 2020
Recidivism among pre-trial detainees, 2014 Cohort — Published in 2019
CT Recidivism Rates, 2014 Cohort — Published in 2018
2017 OPM Sex Offender Recidivism Study — Published in 2017
Recidivism Study 2008-Release Cohort — Published in 2015
2012 Recidivism among Sex Offenders in Connecticut — Published in 2012
2011 Annual Connecticut Recidivism Report — Published in 2011
2010 Annual Connecticut Recidivism Report — Published in 2010
2010 Incarceration History and Age - Recidivism — Published in 2010
2010 Recidivism and Weapons — Published in 2010
2009 Annual Connecticut Recidivism Study  — Published in 2009
2008 Annual Connecticut Recidivism Study  — Published in 2008
2007 Annual Connecticut Recidivism Study  — Published in 2007
2006 Study of Reconviction Rates of Discharged Inmates  — Published in 2006
2001 Legislative Program Review Recidivism PA 04-234  — Published in 2001
2000 Factors Impacting Prison Overcrowding — Published in 2000