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Crossing the Line: An Analysis of Problems with Classifying Recidivist Misdemeanor Offenses as Felonies [PDF]

, 2014
Alaska is in the minority of states that apply felony charges based on a defendant\u27s history of misdemeanor violations. This approach to the challenges of criminal recidivism, however, creates both constitutional and prudential problems.
Katbi, Andrew
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Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims People who use drugs are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. We aimed to provide a broad synthesis of the epidemiology, harms and interventions related to drug use and drug use disorders among incarcerated adults worldwide, and highlight gaps in evidence and practice.
Louis Favril, John Strang, Seena Fazel
wiley   +1 more source

The reliability and validity of the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20): An International Review [PDF]

, 2009
This article reports on the current state of research about the most commonly used Structured Professional Judgement (SPJ) guidelines for sexual offender risk assessment, the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20).
Boer, Douglas Pieter, Eher, Reinhard, Hucker, Stephen J., Rettenberger, Martin   +3 more
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The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk‐driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Ling‐Wei Kuo, Chien‐An Liao, Chi‐Tung Cheng, Chien‐Hung Liao, Chih‐Po Hsu, Chih‐Yuan Fu, Shih‐Ching Kang, Brett Olin, Chun‐Shiang Yang, Jen‐Fu Huang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Community-Based Corrections Have an Effect on Recidivism Rates? A Review of Community Supervision, Supportive Reintegration, Electronic Monitoring Programs and Their Impacts on Reducing Reoffending [PDF]

, 2010
This paper will examine the impact and effect community-based corrections have on the reduction of recidivism for adult offenders. More specifically, I will focus on three commonly used types of such corrections in the United States: community ...
Schmidt, Bethany
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Gangs, Guns, and Drugs: Recidivism among Serious, Young Offenders [PDF]

, 2007
The primary goal of this study is to understand the factors that best explain recidivism among a sample of 322 young men aged 17 to 24 years released from prison in a Midwestern state.
Adams, Akers, Anderson, Battin-Pearson, Benda, Blumstein, Braga, Bushway, Chaiken, Clemmer, Coleman, Cook, Cook, Cork, Cox, Decker, Decker, Decker, DeJong, Esbensen, Esbensen, Fagan, Fagan, Flannery, Fleisher, Fowler, Gendreau, Giordano, Glaze, Gottfredson, Griffin, Griffin, Hagan, Hariston, Harrison, Hirschi, Holtfreter, Huebner, Huebner, Huff, Hughes, Kennedy, Klein, Kubrin, Langan, Lattimore, Lattimore, Laub, Laub, Lizotte, Loeber, Lynch, Maltz, Maruna, Maruna, Matsueda, McDevitt, McGarrell, Mumola, Nurse, Olson, Pager, Papachristos, Perkins, Petersilia, Rosenfeld, Sampson, Sampson, Sheley, Shover, Singer, Spohn, Sykes, Uggen, Visher, Visher, Wacquant, Warr, Western, Western, Wintemute, Wright, Wright, Zamble   +83 more
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Addiction‐related problems in Japan: A regional perspective

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Japan's addiction landscape appears paradoxical. The lifetime use of illicit drugs is among the lowest in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, but harm from alcohol, tobacco, and gambling ranks among the world's highest.
Soichiro Ide, Yoko Nishitani, Masahiko Sumitani, Masabumi Minami, Tadashi Isa, Masako Iseki, Michiko Ohkura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tetsuro Kikuchi, Yuko Sekino, Hidehiko Takahashi, Kenji Takeuchi, Atsumi Nitta, Takeshi Honjo, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshiya Murai, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Nakagome, Kazutaka Ikeda   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sentence Reductions and Recidivism: Lessons from the Bastille Day Quasi Experiment [PDF]

This paper exploits the collective pardon granted to individuals incarcerated in French prisons on the 14th of July, 1996 (Bastille Day) to identify the effect of collective sentence reductions on recidivism.
Maurin, Eric, Ouss, Aurelie
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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

Recidivism of childhood cholesteatoma and surgical techniques: a meta-analysis study

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2020
Background There is a debate in the literature about surgical management of childhood cholesteatoma. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis study about the recidivism of acquired cholesteatoma in children after two primary surgical procedures, namely canal ...
Yasser Shewel, Seddik Abdel Salam Tawfik, Abdulla A. L. Aaref, Noha Saleh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source