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Criminal Justice Diversion and the Importance of Program Retention

Journal of Forensic Social Work, 2022
The United States has among the highest recidivism rates globally, with at least 1 in 4 rearrested within the same year of their initial charge. Many of these individuals are significantly impacted by poverty, mental illness, and substance use disorders.
Burcu Ozturk, Andrew Bell, David McLeod, Ryan Gentzler   +3 more
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A systematic review of criminal recidivism rates worldwide: 3-year update [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
Background: Comparing recidivism rates between countries may provide useful information about the relative effectiveness of different criminal justice policies.
Denis Yukhnenko, Shivpriya Sridhar, Seena Fazel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives on recidivists: the views of detainees, the general public and people working with offenders

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2018
There is ample evidence on recidivism including its relationships with drug use, addiction, mental illness and security problems; however there has been less research based on direct accounts of detainee experiences and on the experience of people who ...
Antonio Iudici, Fela Boccato, Elena Faccio   +2 more
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Psychosocial correlates of recidivism in a sample of ex-prisoners: the role of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder [PDF]

, 2014
The present study aimed to (a) examine the role of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in predicting recidivism, while controlling for childhood arrest, perceived neighbourhood crime frequency, alcohol consumption, age, and gender, and (b)
Dhingra, Katie, Daniel Boduszek, Rachel Belsher, Katie Dhingra, Belsher, Rachel, Maria Ioannou, Boduszek, Daniel, Ioannou, Maria   +7 more
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Certain aspects of recidivism in criminal law and criminology [PDF]

Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine
This paper delves into the analysis of certain criminal law and criminological aspects of recidivism. The author examines the factors that most frequently lead to the occurrence of recidivism, as well as the different personality types of repeat ...
Mijalčić Jelena
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A meta-analysis of the effect of violence intervention programs on general and violent recidivism

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2023
Individuals with convictions for violence are likely to have both violent and nonviolent subsequent reoffences. Individuals who have committed violent offences are often required to participate in violence treatment programming prior to release. The aim
Crystal J Giesbrecht
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Factors associated with recidivism among adolescents girls in conflict with the law in an institution in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2015
Recidivism is a challenge for the Brazilian socio-educational system because it is associated with personal, social and environmental factors, especially among juvenile offenders.
Andrea Donatti Gallassi, Samantha Lima dos Santos, Vagner dos Santos, Eduardo Yoshio Nakano, Benedikt Fischer, Ana Lúcia Galinkin, Gabriela Arantes Wagner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of criminal recidivism rates worldwide: 3-year update [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
Background: Comparing recidivism rates between countries may provide useful information about the relative effectiveness of different criminal justice policies.
Denis Yukhnenko, Shivpriya Sridhar, Seena Fazel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-Term Recidivism of Mentally Disordered Offenders Considered “Dangerous to the Public” in Switzerland

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objectives: The commissions for risk assessment of offenders dangerous to the public were established in 1995 in Switzerland. The main goal was to reduce recidivism of offenders released into the community by means of identifying high-risk offenders and ...
Daniela Schaffner, Daniela Schaffner, Michael Weber, Michael Weber, Tanya Kochuparackal, Marc Graf, Marc Graf, Henning Hachtel, Henning Hachtel   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of criminal recidivism rates worldwide: 3-year update [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2019
Background: Comparing recidivism rates between countries may provide useful information about the relative effectiveness of different criminal justice policies.
Denis Yukhnenko, Shivpriya Sridhar, Seena Fazel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source