According to the report Federal Robbery: Prevalence, Trends, and Factors in Sentencing, "Robbery offenders have criminal histories that are more extensive and more serious than other violent offenders."
From a thirty-year old study, Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994, used for statistics in the article on "Recidivism" on Wikipedia:
Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were —
robbers (70.2%)
burglars (74.0%)
larcenists (74.6%)
motor vehicle thieves (78.8%) possessors/sellers of
stolen property (77.4%) possessors/sellers of
illegal weapons (70.2%)
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Rearrest does not mean a convicted robber was released and then committed another robbery - their offense could be drug-related or for another crime. That said, in some cases, those convicted of robbery do get out of jail/prison and commit other robberies.
See an example at this link.
We in the United States do not track a criminal's modus operandi as part of their official record, and thus find it harder to link crimes to their preferred methods if they use them in another crime pattern.
As an analyst or an intelligence officer, it is important to track the modus operandi of the arrested and convicted for robbery.
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Read more about robbery and recidivism here:
Robbery, Recidivism, And The Limits Of The Criminal Justice System
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