Recidivism

Comparing meters to yards: A nationally representative evaluation of gender bias in risk assessment
Risk-needs assessments (RNAs) assist correctional staff in assigning supervision and programming.
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Comparing meters to yards: A nationally representative evaluation of gender bias in risk assessment
Finding an answer in time: Assessing change in needs scores on time to recidivism among justice-involved youth
While risk instruments are consistently used to aid classification and supervision decisions, needs assessments guide intervention efforts for individuals under supervision.
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Finding an answer in time: Assessing change in needs scores on time to recidivism among justice-involved youth
Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism
Employment theoretically serves as a source of informal social control that can promote desistance from crime (Sampson & Laub, 1993).
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Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism
Protecting against adversity: The role of positive childhood experiences in youth recidivism
An abundance of research has established Adverse Childhood Experiences’ (ACEs’) contributions to deviant behavior.
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Protecting against adversity: The role of positive childhood experiences in youth recidivism
Gang affilitation and prisoner reentry: Discrete-time variation in recidivism by current, former, and non-gang status
Reentry experiences for the 600,000 people released annually from federal and state prisons differ vastly. We contend that gangs, which rose to prominence alongside mass incarceration, are an overlooked source of variation in reentry experiences.
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Gang affilitation and prisoner reentry: Discrete-time variation in recidivism by current, former, and non-gang status