Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…
View More Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments
Category: Recidivism
A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money
Highlights Maybe it’s time for crime victims to appeal to the courts for redress and financial compensation to force their victimizers to pay a price…
View More A Crime Victim’s Right To Owning An Offender’s Name And Money
65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered
Highlights There is a new report, Probation and Parole in the United States, issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
View More 65 Percent On Probation Are Felons-50 Percent Are Violent-Agent Recently Murdered
Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?
Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime? Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…
View More Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?
The Myth Of Technical Violations And Parole And Probation Arrests
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice and the US Sentencing Commission, the vast majority of rearrests for those on community supervision or parole and…
View More The Myth Of Technical Violations And Parole And Probation Arrests
Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?
Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…
View More Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?
Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?
Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…
View More Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?
Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?
Highlights Can programs help those in the community who are threatening violence or mass shootings? Can programs assist adjudicated violent offenders with mental health problems?…
View More Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?
Escaped Offenders Have “Extensive And Serious Criminal Histories”
Highlights The majority (85.7%) of individuals sentenced for an escape offense and released were rearrested during an eight-year follow-up period, which was higher than individuals…
View More Escaped Offenders Have “Extensive And Serious Criminal Histories”
Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?
Highlights The USDOJ states that they have programs that massively reduce offender recidivism (arrests and incarceration after prison). I assume that the DOJ will now…
View More Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?
Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release
Highlights More than half of females (55%, compared to 66% of males) who were serving time for a violent offense were arrested for another offense.…
View More Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release
Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations
Highlights The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2 million prior arrests. Persons admitted to state prison had…
View More Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations
Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ
Highlights The National Institute Of Justice offers data on which incarcerated groups have the highest rates of recidivism (i.e. arrests and incarcerations). We were…
View More Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ
Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
View More Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations
Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…
View More Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations
Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?
HighlightsMost offenders were employed before their latest incarceration. ChatGPT (the new artificial intelligence website) offers the following, “Overall, employment can make a significant difference in…
View More Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?
Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing
Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…
View More Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is Increasing
The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013
Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…
View More The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013
Let The Public Decide The Appropriateness And Length of Prison Sentences
Highlights Does the public support incarceration for violent or repeat criminal victimizations? Let the public in each state decide the appropriateness of prison sentences and…
View More Let The Public Decide The Appropriateness And Length of Prison SentencesCan You Change Violent Offenders? Crime in Washington, D.C.
Highlights D.C.’s mayor said she can bring gun violence down by 90 percent by focusing on “the people and places where most of the crime…
View More Can You Change Violent Offenders? Crime in Washington, D.C.