60 offenders were imprisoned for their first time for their first-time case (hereinafter referred to as the “first-time prisoner” in this chapter). Among the first-time prisoners, with 42 (70.0%), their next imprisonment was for the repeat case. Following this, there were eight offenders (13.3%) who had one imprisonment record for other than homicide between their first-time and repeat case, and four offenders (6.7%) who had two imprisonment record in between.
  On the other hand, there were 68 offenders who were imprisoned for the second time for their first-time cases. Among them, with 34 (50.0%), their next imprisonment was for the repeat case. Following this, there were 18 offenders (26.5%) who had one imprisonment record for other than homicide between their first-time and repeat case, and eight offenders (1.8%) who had two imprisonment record in between.
  Fig. 7-4-2-9 shows the term of recidivism (referring to the period between the day of release for the first-time case and when he committed the repeat case in this chapter) with the first-time prisoners whose next imprisonment was for their repeat cases.
  Among those whose next imprisonment was for their repeat cases, with eight offenders whose term of imprisonment was over 20 years, their term of imprisonment was over 20 years. All of these prisoners were first-time prisoners. On the other hand, there were nine offenders whose term of recidivism was six months or less, of whom six were first-time prisoners.
  As mentioned above, among those whose next imprisonment was for their repeat cases, there were those whose terms of recidivism were very long, while there were those whose terms of recidivism were extremely short. Looking at the motives or causes of such offenders, all of the six offenders with “greed” as the causes or motives of their repeat cases committed their repeat cases within four years after being released from prison. The case of an offender who committed a murder-robbery shortly after his release from prison due to lack of living expenses can be mentioned as one example of such cases.

Fig. 7-4-2-9  Number of first-time prisoners whose next imprisonment was for their repeat case, by term of recidivism