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…
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Tag: offender reentry
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?Long Prison Sentences Reduce Crime Per Federal Study
Highlights Released offenders committed well over two million new crimes per the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The odds of recidivism were approximately 29 percent lower…
View More Long Prison Sentences Reduce Crime Per Federal StudyViolent Offenders Are Arrested Far More Often Than Other Released Inmates
Highlights Violent offenders recidivated at a higher rate than non-violent offenders. Over an eight-year follow-up period, nearly two-thirds (63.8%) of violent offenders released in 2010…
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Over 40 Percent Of Prison Inmates Had Five To Ten Prior Incarcerations
Highlights Seventy-eight percent of inmates had previous incarcerations. Forty-two percent had 5-10 or more incarcerations. The vast majority of prison inmates have multiple previous arrests…
View More Over 40 Percent Of Prison Inmates Had Five To Ten Prior IncarcerationsFederal Recidivism-Dangerous Offenders Arrested More-Longer Sentences Means Less Crime
Highlights The recidivism rate of federal prison inmates hasn’t changed despite efforts to use graduated sanctions or other alternatives to incarceration. Probation, parole, and supervision…
View More Federal Recidivism-Dangerous Offenders Arrested More-Longer Sentences Means Less CrimeRecidivism of Offenders After Prison-A Quick Summation
Highlights A quick overview of the number of people rearrested and reincarcerated after release from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Recidivism of Offenders After Prison-A Quick SummationOver Two Million Crimes By Released Prisoners After Ten Years
Highlights-Ten Years After Release From Prison Most police chiefs are blaming increased crime on repeat offenders. Based on this and other data, they are…
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Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising Violence
Highlights Violent crime and serious violent crime began to increase by 28 percent in 2015 per the US Department of Justice. The US had the…
View More Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising ViolenceDOJ-Massive Rearrests After Prison-Long Sentences Means Less Crime
Highlights Released prisoners who served less time had higher arrest rates. During the five-year follow-up period, an estimated 1.1 million arrests occurred among the approximately…
View More DOJ-Massive Rearrests After Prison-Long Sentences Means Less CrimeMost Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three
Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…
View More Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than ThreePer DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or Felons
Highlights Parole and probation agents are supervising and police officers are encountering an offender population containing more felonies and histories of violence. Most on probation…
View More Per DOJ-Increasing Percentage On Parole and Probation Are Violent Or FelonsWhy Are Prison Numbers Falling?
Highlights Why are prison numbers falling? Are reductions due to criminal justice reform or dramatically reduced crime, arrests, and citizen contacts? An estimated 1,465,200 prisoners…
View More Why Are Prison Numbers Falling?Is Accountability For Criminal Offenders Dead?
Highlights The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that probation is a harsh, overzealous trap. But felony cases are flooding the probation system. Recidivism rates are high. More…
View More Is Accountability For Criminal Offenders Dead?New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison Intakes
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, it’s new crimes and not technical violations that are driving new intakes into prison for released prisoners. Per…
View More New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison IntakesSex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex Crimes
Observations An overview of sex offender recidivism plus new arrests and convictions for all offenders released from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
View More Sex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex CrimesBlind Advocacy of Offender Rehabilitation Programs Hurts All
Highlights Offender recidivism after prison is horrendous. Programs have little to no effect. We need a research initiative similar to cancer. It should be a…
View More Blind Advocacy of Offender Rehabilitation Programs Hurts AllCriminal History And A Second Chance For Prisoners
Observations As to a second chance for prisoners, about 7 in 8 had more than one prior arrest charge, and a majority had at least five.…
View More Criminal History And A Second Chance For PrisonersChild Abuse, Trauma, Crime and Oprah
US Capitol Observations The overwhelming number of offenders continue their criminal activity and the programs that try to assist them often fail or produce very…
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The Dubious Track Record of Offender Rehabilitation
Observations Is an honest discussion about offender rehabilitation programs possible? The collective data indicate that programs for offenders either don’t work, or make things worse,…
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