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Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Of all the reforms to parole in England and Wales that were introduced after the furore surrounding the 2017 decision to direct the release of the so‐called ‘Black cab rapist’, John Worboys, perhaps the most important was the creation in 2019 of a reconsideration mechanism which obliges the Parole Board (on application) to take a second look at ...
Stephen Shute
wiley   +1 more source

Miami-Dade County Juvenile Weapons Offenders Program (JWOP): a potential model to reduce firearm crime recidivism nationwide

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020
Introduction Youth firearm violence has been a growing problem in the USA. Several programs across the country aimed at reducing recurrent gun violence in this vulnerable population have published recidivism rates of 40% to 50%.
Hahn Soe-Lin, Anjali Sarver, Joyce Kaufman, Marilyn Sutherland, Enrique Ginzburg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home but not free: Rule‐breaking, withdrawal, and dignity in reentry

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on reentry has documented how material hardship, network dynamics, and carceral governance impede reintegration after prison, but existing scholarship has left underdeveloped other instances in which adverse outcomes stem from the institution's socioemotional dynamics and people's practical and emotional responses to bureaucratic ...
Gillian Slee
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Mental Illness Diagnoses and Their Association With Reoffending in a Sample of Men Adjudicated for Sexual Offences

Sexual Offending, 2020
The current study examined the relationship between mental illness and recidivism in a sample of 409 men adjudicated for sexual offences who scored higher than average on an established risk assessment tool (Static-99R).
Charlotte A. Aelick, Kelly M. Babchishin, Andrew J. R. Harris   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Everything is technology”: Examining technology access and use among returning citizens

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Digital inequality is a barrier for returning citizens. Yet, much remains unknown about the specific issues they encounter. As the world continues to advance technologically, it is important that we understand returning citizens’ access to and use of technology and how it impacts their ability to reintegrate into society ...
Kaelyn Sanders
wiley   +1 more source

“This is everyone's issue”: Policy entrepreneurs, issue framing, and coalition building in the passage of automatic criminal record expungement

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Since 2018, at least 12 U.S. states have introduced policies to expunge certain eligible arrest and criminal conviction records through automated or algorithmic means. Drawing on interviews with governmental representatives and community stakeholders, this paper identifies strategies used to pass this legislation in ...
Elsa Y. Chen, Sarah E. Lageson, Ericka B. Adams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts in Reducing Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis.

Psychiatric Services, 2018
OBJECTIVE Mental health courts (MHCs) were developed to address the overrepresentation of adults with mental illnesses in the U.S. criminal justice system through diversion into community-based treatment. Research on MHCs has proliferated in recent years,
E. Lowder, C. B. Rade, Sarah L. Desmarais   +2 more
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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

Child Maltreatment in Families Receiving Mandatory Versus Voluntary Child Protection Support: A Matched Cohort Study

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child safety is an important outcome of child protection services (CPSs); however, this is often assessed in terms of official registries (e.g., rereports). Little empirical evidence is available about how the frequency of child maltreatment changes during CPS intervention by using self‐report measures.
Eline H. J. Doelman, Maartje P. C. M. Luijk, Frank C. P. van der Horst, Majone J. Steketee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of renter protection policies on rental housing discrimination

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the impact of a policy that reduces information about rental housing applicants on racial discrimination. We submitted fictitious email inquiries to publicly advertised rentals using names manipulated on perceived race and ethnicity before and after a policy that restricted the use of background checks, eviction history, income ...
Marina Mileo Gorzig, Deborah Rho
wiley   +1 more source