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Jody L. Sundt
Researcher at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Publications - 30
Citations - 1134
Jody L. Sundt is an academic researcher from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prison & Imprisonment. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 28 publications receiving 1070 citations. Previous affiliations of Jody L. Sundt include Portland State University & Indiana University.
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Is Child Saving Dead? Public Support for Juvenile Rehabilitation
TL;DR: In a 1998 statewide survey of Tennessee residents, the respondents indicated that rehabilitation should be an integral goal of the juvenile correctional system, and they also endorsed a range of community-based treatment interventions and favored early intervention programs over imprisonment as a response to crime as discussed by the authors.
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Assessing Public Support for Three-Strikes-and-You're-Out Laws: Global versus Specific Attitudes
TL;DR: This paper found that support for three-strikes laws is high when citizens are asked broad single-item questions, but diminishes greatly when presented with specific situations covered under the law, and that the public appears willing to make exceptions to the law.
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The Effect of Drug Court Programming on Recidivism: the Cincinnati Experience
TL;DR: This article examined the effect of drug court programming on multiple indicators of recidivism and found that the drug court treatment group did perform better when examining arrest for a drug-related offense.
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The effect of supermaximum security prisons on aggregate levels of institutional violence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effect of supermaxes on aggregate levels of violence in three prison systems using a multiple interrupted time series design, and mixed support was found for the hypothesis that supermax increases staff safety: the implementation of a supermax had no effect on levels of inrnate-onstaff assaults in Minnesota, temporarily increased staff injuries in Arizona, and reduced assaults against staff in Illinois.
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The Tenacity of the Rehabilitative Ideal Revisited Have Attitudes Toward Offender Treatment Changed
TL;DR: This paper found that the public continues to view treatment as a legitimate correctional objective, especially for juvenile and non-violent offenders, even as the campaign to get tough on crime has grown in strength.