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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 Evolution of Correctional Program Assessment in the Age of Evidence-Based Practices
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess evidence-based practices in correctional programs to ensure that research is being translated and implemented with fidelity, and assess the effectiveness of these practices in the real world.
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Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and The Risk‐Need‐Responsivity Model
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Attempting to reduce firearms violence through a Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI): An evaluation of process and impact
Edmund F. McGarrell,Nicholas Corsaro,Chris Melde,Natalie Kroovand Hipple,Timothy S. Bynum,Jennifer E. Cobbina +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI) implemented across 12 U.S. jurisdictions and found that CAGI cities experienced a significant decline in gun homicide rates post-intervention.
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'Falling out of the rabbit hole': Former long-term prisoners' negotiation of release, reentry and resettlement
TL;DR: In this article, 20 Canadian men who had served over a decade in prison and been released at least 5 years earlier participated in semi-structured interviews, describing their experiences preparing to exit the prison, their time on parole and the challenges and strategies that they employ to succeed in their post-carceral lives.
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Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined a therapeutic technical violator program in the state of New Jersey called Halfway Back, and explored the impact of the program through a comparison of recidivism and incarceration costs among random samples of program participants and non-participants.
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