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• What Contributes to Recidivism?

  The Urban Institute has released a double whammy examining factors contributing to recidivism. Working in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, the Massachusetts Recidivism Study contains three interrelated study components addressed... Posted May 01 2008, 10:10 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Massachusetts

• Violence Prediction - In the Institution, and After Release

  How well do risk assessment tools predict institutional violence or violent recidivism? Once again, Canada's Public Safety department takes a thoughtful look at an important question. In the newly posted report , Assessing the Utility of Risk Assessment... Posted Jun 27 2007, 08:47 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Violence Prediction

• Reentry in a Nutshell for Decisionmakers

  We appreciate in-depth research, but we're even more appreciative when that research is summarized beautifully for speedy review. The Urban Institute has gone one better by releasing a concise summary of research that it hasn't even published... Posted May 24 2007, 09:06 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Reentry, What works, Recidivism

• Returning Home: How Can Reentry Be Improved?

  The Urban Institute has been examining reintegration issues in a series of in depth reports, Returning Home : Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry. A new release, One Year Out : Experiences of Prisoners Returning to Cleveland, details the... Posted Apr 26 2007, 11:40 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Reentry, Recidivism

• What Works in Assessing Sex Offender Recidivism Risk

  How does professional clinical judgment stack up against actuarial measures in assessing which sexual offenders will offend again? Canada's Public Safety department takes on this question in a new meta-analysis of evaluations. Results can be read... Posted Feb 26 2007, 09:52 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Sex offenders

• Does Prison Harden Inmates?

  With a tip of the hat to Mike Connelly's excellent Corrections Sentencing blog, which further credits the Prevention Works blog from the National Crime Prevention Council, we find an intriguing, newly released academic study, Does Prison Harden Inmates... Posted Dec 13 2006, 08:21 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Recidivism