Relapse rate

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In the fields of medicine , addiction treatment and criminal law, the relapse rate describes the proportion of relapses in relation to the total number of people affected. It is given in percent .

calculation

The problem with the creation and comparison of relapse rates is the different ways of measuring them

  • the period studied (e.g. one or five years after discharge; the risk of relapse is highest in the first six months);
  • the definition of the degree of involvement in the judiciary (e.g. violation of probation conditions, arrest, prosecution, conviction, imprisonment);
  • the definition based on the degree of severity of the offense (e.g. weaker offense, unchanged, more severe offense), also recidivism intensity ;
  • the definition in terms of the degree of frequency (e.g. are several offenses taken into account in the period under investigation, or only the offense of the most severe relapse sanction in each case?).

Naturally, an unreported number of unregistered offenses is not taken into account .

For example, the penal system in North Rhine-Westphalia uses four different definitions for its legal probation controls (after five years)

  • RD 1 - every new conviction
  • RD 2 - only each new sentence to imprisonment with and without probation
  • RD 3 - only every new conviction to imprisonment without parole
  • RD 4 - only every new conviction of two years' imprisonment and more

Examples

  • If a total of 100 people get sick and seven of them get sick again from the same disease after recovery, the relapse rate is seven percent.
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  • According to the Herford prison , their released prisoners have a recidivism rate of 42 percent. This is the lowest of all juvenile detention centers in North Rhine-Westphalia. Nationwide, the corresponding rate is 78 percent.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Relapse rate ( memento of the original from December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Wissen.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wissen.de
  2. ↑ Kraus, L. & Rolinski, K. (1992). Relapse after social training based on officially registered delinquency. In: Monthly magazine for criminology and criminal law reform. Year 75. Issue 1. 32–46
  3. ↑ Prison in North Rhine-Westphalia , 15th edition 2006, published by the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia , p. 19f
  4. ↑ Baumann, K.-H./ Maetze, W./Mey, H.-G .: “On recidivism after penal execution. Legal probation of male prisoners after going through the briefing procedure in accordance with Section 152 (2) Prison Act in North Rhine-Westphalia ”, in: monthly for criminology and criminal law reform, 1983, issue 3, pages 133-140.