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James K. Bueche Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections' 100 hour pre-release program and vocational education had a significant impact on offender recidivism. Additionally, a model of predicating offender recidivism using demographic data was another aspect of the study. Offenders in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Ostermann, Michael – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Studies that compare recidivism rates between parolees and unconditionally released inmates typically attach these statuses upon release, and then follow these groups until they either fail or meet the censor date. However, this method of identifying former inmates as parolees does not comport with how parolees are conceptualized by the agencies…
Descriptors: Criminals, Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Barbot, Baptiste; Haeffel, Gerald J.; Macomber, Donna; Hart, Lesley; Chapman, John; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The "Delinquency Reduction Outcome Profile" ("DROP") is a novel situational-judgment test (SJT) designed to measure social decision making in delinquent youth. The DROP includes both a typical SJT scoring method, which captures the deviation of an individual response from an "ideal" expert-based response pattern, as well as a novel…
Descriptors: Profiles, Test Construction, Test Validity, Intervention
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Lewis, Kathy; Olver, Mark E.; Wong, Stephen C. P. – Assessment, 2013
The Violence Risk Scale (VRS) uses ratings of static and dynamic risk predictors to assess violence risk, identify targets for treatment, and assess changes in risk following treatment. The VRS was rated pre- and posttreatment on a sample of 150 males, mostly high-risk violent offenders many with psychopathic personality traits. These individuals…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Violence, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
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Unruh, Deanne K.; Gau, Jeff M.; Waintrup, Miriam G. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
Juvenile offenders are costly to our society in terms of the monetary and social expenditures from the legal system, victims' person costs, and incarceration. The re-entry and community reintegration outcomes for formerly incarcerated youth with a disabling condition are bleak compared to peers without disabilities. In this study, we examined the…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Intervention, Correctional Institutions, Predictor Variables
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Lotze, Geri M.; Ravindran, Neeraja; Myers, Barbara J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
Children with incarcerated mothers are at high risk for developing problem behaviors. Fifty children (6-12 years; 62% girls) participated in summer camps, along with adult mentors. Regression analyses of child and adult measures of child's emotion self-regulation and callous-unemotional traits, and a child measure of moral emotions, showed that…
Descriptors: Mentors, Mothers, Prevention, Emotional Development
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Duwe, Grant; Kerschner, Deborah – Crime & Delinquency, 2008
Using a retrospective, quasiexperimental design, this study evaluates Minnesota's Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP), examining whether it has lowered recidivism and saved money. In addition to utilizing a lengthy follow-up period and multiple measures of recidivism and participation, a multistage sampling design was employed to create a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Recidivism, Correctional Education
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Roman, Caterina G.; Wolff, Ashley; Correa, Vanessa; Buck, Janeen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective: This study examined intermediate outcomes of a faith-based prisoner reentry program by assessing how client spirituality related to client- and program-level characteristics, investigating differences between completers and terminators, and examining how religious preference, religiosity/spirituality, religious salience, and…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Religion, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Nicholson-Crotty, Sean – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This article argues that the conclusions of previous research on the impact of sentencing guidelines may be misleading due to the cross-sectional methodologies employed in these studies. This study will suggest that a theoretically driven longitudinal analysis of mandatory guidelines offers a more appropriate way to study these policies.…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Sanctions, Correctional Institutions, Program Effectiveness