In the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation data report, “Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 30 States in 2005: Patterns from 2005 to 2010”, author Matthew R. Durose, Alexia D. Cooper, and Howard N. Synder, collected data on the 2005 recidivism rates of prisoners in 30 states. Recidivism is the likelihood of criminals returning to prison after being released and the BJS statisticians supervised the research of arrest of former prisoners in 2005. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducted a research that “within 5 years of release, 84.1% of inmates who were age 24 or younger at release were arrested, compared to 78.6% of inmates ages 25 to 39 and 69.2% of those age 40 or older” (Durose et al. 1). The BJS usually conducts
