evidence: A third of young offenders and an even higher proportion of adults in Northern Ireland go on to re-offend within a year of being released from custody, it has emerged. The figures, which relate to 2014/15, show that across all age groups, 620 (38.2%) of the 1,622 people released from custody went on to commit a further crime within 12 months of release. [...] Almost half (46.9%) of the 503 who re-offended committed their first re-offence within the first three months. Twenty-eight of the 39 youths released from custody committed a proven re-offence. Overall, 28.5% of young females and 33.1% of young males re-offended.