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The Risk Principle in Action: What Have We Learned From 13,676 Offenders and 97 Correctional Programs?
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In this paper, the authors investigated how adherence to the risk principle by targeting offenders who are higher risk and varying length of stay and services by level of risk affects program effectiveness in reducing recidivism.Abstract:
Over the recent past there have been several meta-analyses and primary studies that support the importance of the risk principle. Oftentimes these studies, particularly the meta-analyses, are limited in their ability to assess how the actual implementation of the risk principle by correctional agencies affects effectiveness in reducing recidivism. Furthermore, primary studies are typically limited to the assessment of one or two programs, which again limits the types of analyses conducted. This study, using data from two independent studies of 97 correctional programs, investigates how adherence to the risk principle by targeting offenders who are higher risk and varying length of stay and services by level of risk affects program effectiveness in reducing recidivism. Overall, this research indicates that for residential and nonresidential programs, adhering to the risk principle has a strong relationship with a program’s ability to reduce recidivism.read more
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The relationship between changes in dynamic risk factors and the predictive validity of risk assessments among youth offenders
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether including dynamic risk factors increased the predictive validity of the YLS/CMI and whether changes in dynamic risk scores improved the prediction of recidivism.
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Rethinking Recidivism: A Communication Approach to Prisoner Reentry
TL;DR: Prisoner reentry is one of the main criminal justice challenges confronting the United States, especially as the costs of recidivism and incarceration take increasing tolls on city and state budget as discussed by the authors.
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Uncertainty, risk and the use of algorithms in policy decisions: a case study on criminal justice in the USA
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show how the introduction of risk assessment tools in the criminal justice sector on the local level in the USA has deeply transformed the decision-making process, mainly due to the fact that the evidence generated by the algorithm introduces a notion of statistical prediction to a situation which was dominated by fundamental uncertainty about the outcome before.
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Are Risky Youth Less Protectable As They Age? The Dynamics of Protection During Adolescence and Young Adulthood.
TL;DR: This study uses interactional theory and the concept of Risk–Needs–Responsivity to theorize that both Needs and Responsivity will change over time in predictable ways and shows that even in late adolescence, individuals who are at risk for violence can be protected from future violence and risky behavior with positive events in their environment and personal life.
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The Connection of Probation/Parole Officer Actions to Women Offenders’ Recidivism
TL;DR: The authors examined the effects of probation/parole officer relationship style, attention to criminogenic needs, and intensity of supervision on women offenders' arrests and convictions within a 24-month period.
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