Recidivism Rates, CA DOC - Office of Research, 2006 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Office of Research March 22, 2006 Recidivism Rates* within One and Two Year Follow-up Periods for All Felons Paroled to California Supervision California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Released from Prison for First Time in …

What Works - Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk Focused Prevention, CO Division of Justice, 2008 What Works Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk-Focused Prevention Programs A Compendium of Evidence-Based Options for Preventing New and Persistent Criminal Behavior Prepared for the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice RKC Group Roger Przybylski February, 2008 …

Do No Harm - A Briefing Paper on the Reentry of Gang-Affiliated Individuals in New Jersey, NJISJ, 2007 Do No Harm: A Briefing Paper on the Reentry of Gang-Affiliated Individuals in New Jersey By Richard Greenberg August 2007 The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Inc., is a non-partisan urban …

Lifer Parolee Recidivism Report, CDRA, 2013 CDCR’S LIFER REPORT SERIES LIFER PAROLEE RECIDIVISM REPORT January 2013 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Representatives _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Executive Office Matthew Cate Secretary Martin Hoshino Undersecretary Terri McDonald Undersecretary Lee E. Seale Director Office of Research Brenda Grealish Deputy Director Jay Atkinson Research Manager III …

Washington's Offender Accountability Act Outcomes, WSIPP, 2005 Washington State Institute for Public Policy 110 Fifth Avenue Southeast, Suite 214 • PO Box 40999 • Olympia, WA 98504-0999 • (360) 586-2677 • www.wsipp.wa.gov July 2005 WASHINGTON’S OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY ACT: A FIRST LOOK AT OUTCOMES‡ On an average working day in the …

2012 Outcome Evaluation Report - Parolee Recidivism, CDCR, 2012 7 California Department of Corrections And Rehabilitation 2012 Outcome Evaluation Report Office of Research October 2012 You can obtain reports by contacting the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation at the following address: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Office of Research, …

Justice to the TN Governors Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism, Vera, 2015 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Report of the Vera Institute of Justice to the Tennessee Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism Summary and Analysis of the Task Force’s Recommendations to the Public Safety Subcabinet Christine Herrman …

TN Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction Board - Performance Audit, Comptroller of the Treasury, 2015 STATE OF TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY TENNESSEE REHABILITATIVE INITIATIVE IN CORRECTION BOARD Performance Audit Report September 2015 Justin P. Wilson, Comptroller Division of State Audit Risk-Based Performance Section DEBORAH V. LOVELESS, CPA, CGFM, CGMA Director …

Max Out - The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision, Pew, 2014 A report from Max Out The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision June 2014 The Pew Charitable Trusts Susan K. Urahn, executive vice president Alexis Schuler, senior director Program team Adam Gelb Karla Dhungana Benjamin Adams …

Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States, DOH BJS, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2015 Special Report NCJ 248942 Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States Matthew R. Durose, Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D., and Alexia …

Lifetime of Punishment - Impact of Felony Drug Ban on Welfare Benefits, The Sentencing Project, 2013 A LIFETIME OF PUNISHMENT: THE IMPACT OF THE FELONY DRUG BAN ON WELFARE BENEFITS For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 This report was written …

The Family and Recidivism, American Jails, 2012 The Family AND RECIDIVISM R yan S hanahan and S andra V illalobos A gudelo Incarcerated men and women who maintain contact with supportive family members are more likely to succeed after their release. Although corrections practitioners and policymakers often understand the positive …

Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated, CESR-Schaeffer, 2015 The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated Robynn Cox Paper No: 2015-014 CESR-SCHAEFFER WORKING PAPER SERIES The Working Papers in this series …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Voting Guide for Ex Felons, Advancement Project, 2002 SEPTEMBER 2002 RE-ENFRANCHISEMENT! A GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN STATES THAT PERMANENTLY DISENFRANCHISE FORMER FELONS In 1962 Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote. She was fired the same day, after working on the plantation for 18 years; …

Reducing Costs and Recidivism Report, June, NM DOC 2012 Report to The LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE New Mexico Corrections Department Reducing Recidivism, Cutting Costs and Improving Public Safety in the Incarceration and Supervision of Adult Offenders June 14, 2012 Report #12-07 LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman Representative Luciano …

Recidivism of State Prisoners, The Sentencing Project, 2002 514 10TH S TREET NW, S UITE 1000 WASHINGTON, DC 20004 TEL: 202.628.0871 • FAX: 202.628.1091 S TAFF@S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG WWW.S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG RECIDIVISM OF STATE P RISONERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR S ENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS P OLICY A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report provides …

Going Home to Stay, VA Offender Re-entry Initiative, 2003 Virginia Serious and Violent Offender Re-entry Initiative (VASAVOR Initiative): “Going Home to Stay” Abstract National statistics are supported by Virginia data indicating that there are a large number of serious and violent offenders who are completing their sentences and “Going Home” …

Recidivism Report, PA DOC, 2013 Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Recidivism Report 2013 Tom Corbett John E. Wetzel Governor Secretary Recidivism Report PRS Overview The Bureau of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) directs the maintenance of historical data records for the Department and conducts ongoing planning, research, and evaluation activities designed …