However, a social exclusion unit report on Reducing reoffending by ex-prisoners (2002) noted that: It is possible to estimate the cost of re-offending by ex-prisoners from the overall costs of crime calculated by the Home Office: · this analysis looked at notifiable offences “ a subset of crime that excludes some crimes such as drug trafficking and possession, handling stolen goods, public order offences, low level disorder, fare evasion, motoring offences, and other summary offences; · it put the total costs of these crimes at around £60 billion, counting costs incurred in anticipation of crime (for example, insurance), costs as a consequence of crime (for example, health services, repairing damage) and the costs of the criminal justice system, and · it is estimated that re-offending by recent ex-prisoners accounts...