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Notorious to Notable: The Crucial Role of the Philanthropic Community in Transforming the Juvenile Justice System in Washington, D.C. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Describes how foundations helped transform the district's juvenile justice system, replacing a large prison with a smaller facility designed for rehabilitation and development, and reduced recidivism using community-based alternatives.

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Alcohol Use After TIPS Implantation Significantly Increases the Risk of ACLF and Liver‐Related Death

open access: yesUnited European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 14, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Complications related to portal hypertension (PH) in patients with alcohol‐related liver disease (ALD) can be controlled by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement; however, the impact of ongoing alcohol use (AU) after TIPS remains scarcely investigated.
Caroline Schwarz   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clarifying the relationship between mental illness and recidivism using machine learning: A retrospective study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
ObjectiveThere is currently inconclusive evidence regarding the relationship between recidivism and mental illness. This retrospective study aimed to use rigorous machine learning methods to understand the unique predictive utility of mental illness for ...
Talia R Cohen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Strategies for Reducing Recidivism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This study reports on programs for inmates and released inmates that are contributing to reductions in recidivism. Programs showing the greatest success address the issues of substance abuse, low educational attainment, and the need for vocational ...
Charles Ransford, Lise McKean
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The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid misuse and mortality. Effective treatments are available, including medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), but they are greatly underused due to a variety of barriers. In response, some US hospitals have established programs to identify emergency department (ED) patients with opioid
Dominic Hodgkin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prison Conditions and Recidivism [PDF]

open access: yes
We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of ...
Drago, Francesco   +2 more
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An Investigation of Philadelphia's Youth Aid Panel: A Community-Based Diversion Program for First-Time Youthful Offenders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The formal justice system currently does not have the resources to effectively deal with nonviolent first-time offending youth, oftentimes leaving them with little punishment aside from a criminal record.
Bernardine H. Watson, Nina W. Chernoff
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A meta-analysis of trends in general, sexual, and violent recidivism among youth with histories of sex offending [PDF]

open access: green, 2023
Patrick Lussier   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Scarring and Selection in the Great Irish Famine

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 189-220, February 2026.
Abstract How do famines shape the health of survivors? We examine the long‐term impact of the Great Irish Famine (1845–52) on human stature, distinguishing between adverse scarring effects and the apparent resilience of survivors due to selection. Using anthropometric data from more than 14500 individuals born before, during, and after this famine, we ...
Matthias Blum   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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