Fig. 7-3-5-5 shows the employment status of parolees at the time of termination of parole supervision by type of offense, in regard to those who had their paroles revoked and overall parolees from 1996 to 2005, using statistical data on parolees at the time of termination of parole supervision.

Fig. 7-3-5-5  Percent distribution of parolees by type of offense and by employment status at the termination of parole period (accumulative total from 1996 to 2005)

  The ratio of those unemployed at the termination of their parole period was around 30% or less for each offense, when overall parolees are examined (see Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 2, 4 for the employment status of parolees at the time of termination of their supervision in 2006). Opposing this, upon examining persons who had their parole revoked, the rate of those unemployed was 50% or more for each offense, and particularly high at 80% or more in the case of property offenses, such as theft and fraud.
  Also, comparing the parole revocation rates by employment status at the time of termination of supervision reveals that the parole revocation rates for those employed was low at 1.6% to 3.1% for each offense, while for those unemployed, it is considerably higher in the case of property offenses, at 29.4% for theft, followed by 22.6% for robbery, and 19.3% for fraud (source: Judicial System Department, Minister's secretariat, Ministry of Justice).
  The above leads to the assumption that there is a high level of correlation between employment status and recidivism, and for those who committed property offenses, in particular, it can be said that securing employment is a vital issue in preventing their recidivism.