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Mass Incarceration: Overview of Its Effects on Black and Brown Individuals, with Policy Recommendations Using Family Engagement to Address Recidivism

open access: yesColumbia Social Work Review, 2018
Black and brown men are negatively impacted by the criminal justice system and have been incarcerated at higher rates than any other group in the United States (Knafo, 2013).
Durrell Malik Washington
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Collateral labor: Male partner reentry and women's economic lives

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Reentry scholarship frequently assumes that a partner's return stabilizes households and eases the burdens women absorbed during incarceration, yet the economic consequences of reentry for female partners remain empirically understudied. We conceptualize reentry as an economic reconfiguration that may operate as reprieve, disruption, or both ...
Holly Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recidivism as a Measure of the Effectiveness of Sanctions: Experience from the Czech Republic

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica, 2018
Recidivism is one of the measures that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of sanctions imposed by the criminal justice system. The article summarizes findings from the most extensive research of this type in the Czech Republic. The sample included
Jan Tomášek, Jan Rozum
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Criminal history's expiration date: Evidence of prediction decay

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminal history is a well‐established predictor of future offending, yet recidivism risk declines with time. Research has struggled to reconcile this tension as criminal history is often treated as a static indicator of risk, while desistance is commonly inferred rather than directly modeled.
Zachary Hamilton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Public Attitudes Toward the Employment of Formerly Incarcerated People: The Role of “Human Resources Social Advocacy”

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This registered report aims to evaluate the extent to which the human resources function can change public attitudes toward a controversial social issue. Focusing on the employment of formerly incarcerated people, we explore the novel concept of “human resources social advocacy” (HRSA), an interventionist approach through which HR might pro ...
Prue Burns   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Prediction of Criminal Recidivism Using Routinely Available File Information

open access: yesInternational Journal of Psychological Research, 2014
Objective. The aim of the present study was to cross-validate the investigation of Buchanan and Leese (2006) into the prediction of criminal recidivism. Method.
Diana Fries   +3 more
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Criminal Recidivism after Prison and Electronic Monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes
We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic monitoring (EM). We find that the recidivism rate of former prisoners is 22% while that for those 'treated' with electronic monitoring ...
Rafael Di Tella, Ernesto Schargrodsky
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Criminal recidivism after prison and electronic monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic monitoring (EM). We find that the recidivism rate of former prisoners is 22% while that for those ‘treated’ with electronic monitoring ...
Di Tella, Rafael, Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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Drug use disorders among people convicted of large‐, moderate‐ and small‐scale drug supply crimes: A register‐based retrospective comparative study

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Heavy drug use has been associated with small‐scale drug crime, but the substance use histories of individuals involved in the manufacturing, smuggling and wholesaling of larger quantities of drugs [here referred to as serious drug crimes (SDC)] have been largely unexamined.
Julie Elizabeth Brummer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Pathways to Recidivism Among Children in Türkiye: Insights From Social Workers on Needs, Neglect and Systemic Gaps

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Türkiye has experienced a notable increase in juvenile delinquency in recent years, raising serious concerns about child welfare and juvenile justice systems. This qualitative study examines the socio‐economic and structural dimensions of recidivism based on the field experiences of 20 social workers working with children drawn into crime ...
Hüseyin Batman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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