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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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One More for the Books: A Program Review of Delinquent Rehabilitation.
Glassner Sd,Carey Mt +1 more
TL;DR: Findings from various logistic regression models showed that high-risk juveniles (parolees) exposed to the treatment demonstrated significantly lower levels of recidivism than did low- risk juveniles (probationers).
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The 3 T’s (Titan, Trailblazer, and Trustworthy) of Ed Latessa
TL;DR: The words that typify Ed Latessa are titan, trailblazer, and trustworthy as discussed by the authors, and his career has been driven by a desire to change American corrections to intertwine research into routine practices.
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Risk, Responsivity, and the Treatment Process in an Intimate Partner Violence Group Program
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Parole: “What Works” Is Still Under Construction
TL;DR: Parole supervision serves three functions to monitor offenders, to oversee the conditions of release, and to provide needed services with an overarching goal of reducing criminal behavior as discussed by the authors. But, rigorous studies of parole supervision itself are lacking, limiting any conclusions about its overall effectiveness.
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Practical Meta-Analysis
Mark W. Lipsey,David B. Wilson +1 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis procedure called “Meta-Analysis Interpretation for Meta-Analysis Selecting, Computing and Coding the Effect Size Statistic and its applications to Data Management Analysis Issues and Strategies.
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Predicting relapse: a meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies.
TL;DR: The results suggest that applied risk assessments of sexual offenders should consider separately the offender's risk for sexual and nonsexual recidivism.
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Does correctional treatment work? a clinically relevant and psychologically informed meta-analysis *
TL;DR: Clinical sensitivity and a psychologically informed perspective on crime may assist in the renewed service, research, and conceptual efforts that are strongly indicated by the review.
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Classification for effective rehabilitation: Rediscovering psychology.
TL;DR: Four principles of classification for effective rehabilitation are reviewed: risk, need, responsivity, and professional override.