Quote Originally Posted by Eric-WD View Post
sentences in the UK are generally far less severe than for a smiler crime here in the USA, its been a long time since I looked but I don't think there recidivism rate is much different than ours.

Eric
It looks to be just over 44% for the United States and over 70% for the United Kingdom!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/no...munity-service

However that is just one report.