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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 Effectiveness of Correctional Rehabilitation: A Review of Systematic Reviews
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Correctional Policy for Offenders with Mental Illness: Creating a New Paradigm for Recidivism Reduction
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Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review
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Reconstructing the Risk-Need-Responsivity model: A theoretical elaboration and evaluation
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Programmatic and Nonprogrammatic Aspects of Successful Intervention: New Directions for Research
TL;DR: Results of correctional intervention effectiveness based on 32 literature reviews and meta-analyses that addressed 20 separate programmatic approaches such as educational training or group counseling and a proposed new direction for research: the study of programs as composites of programmatic approach and nonprogrammatic factors are introduced.
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Screening for risk: A revised salient factor score (SFS 81)
TL;DR: The most recent revision of the actuarial device used by the United States Parole Commission (SFS 81) is examined and compared with the device previously used on five dimensions: validity, stability, reliability, simplicity, and ethical concerns as discussed by the authors.
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Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation
TL;DR: This book discusses the challenges faced by the Correctional Counselor in the prison setting, as well as some of the approaches taken to address these challenges.
Evaluation of ohio's community based correctional facilities and halfway house programs final report
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a large-scale project that could not have been completed without the efforts and cooperation of many programs, agencies, and individuals, and they wish to thank the directors and staff at the programs included in this project.
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Parole decision-making: A salient factor score
Peter B. Hoffman,James L. Beck +1 more
TL;DR: The construction, validation, and operational usage of this actuarial device, termed a “salient factor score,” is described.