Subtitles Virginia claims to have the lowest rate of returns to prison in the country. Virginia maintains a re-incarceration rate of 23.4 percent after three…
View More Virginia’s Record Low Recidivism-Nobel Worthy or Shell Game?Tag: recidivism
77 Percent of Prisoners Arrested For Another Crime-Few Are Specialists
Subtitles 76.6% of state prisoners released in 30 states in were arrested for a new crime within 5 years of release. Compared to other inmates,…
View More 77 Percent of Prisoners Arrested For Another Crime-Few Are Specialists“Nothing Works” in Corrections Replaced by “Nothing Works Well?”
Subtitles Do offender rehabilitation programs significantly reduce crime? Fifth in a series of articles on parole and probation research and practice. If swift but certain…
View More “Nothing Works” in Corrections Replaced by “Nothing Works Well?”What Works in Parole and Probation?
By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the Department…
View More What Works in Parole and Probation?Federal Offender Recidivism and Prior Arrests
Federal Offender Recidivism Editor’s note: A full report on major offender recidivism studies is available on this site at https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2014/11/24/released-prisoners-arrested-or-returned-to-incarceration/ Ad: “A Must Have Book,”…
View More Federal Offender Recidivism and Prior ArrestsRecidivism Among Federal and State Offenders
Summary This report provides a broad overview of key findings from the United States Sentencing Commission’s study of recidivism of federal offenders. The Commission studied…
View More Recidivism Among Federal and State OffendersReleased Prisoners Arrested or Returned to Incarceration
Crime in America.Net Notice: An updated version of this article is available at https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2010/09/29/percent-of-released-prisoners-returning-to-incarceration/. Updated in November of 2014. Update of a 2010 article. We have…
View More Released Prisoners Arrested or Returned to Incarceration3 IN 4 FORMER PRISONERS IN ARRESTED WITHIN 5 YEARS OF RELEASE
An estimated two-thirds (68 percent) of 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested for a new crime within three years of release from prison, and three-quarters (77 percent) were arrested within five years
View More 3 IN 4 FORMER PRISONERS IN ARRESTED WITHIN 5 YEARS OF RELEASECorrectional Programs Reduce Crime-Update-Two New Programs Offered
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View More Correctional Programs Reduce Crime-Update-Two New Programs OfferedSan Francisco has highest recidivism rate in California—78 percent go back to prison.
The report below comes from KALW news, a public radio station serving the San Francisco and Oakland areas. It’s really great to see a radio…
View More San Francisco has highest recidivism rate in California—78 percent go back to prison.Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration
Background The nation’s only repository for all major recidivism research. Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of supervising public affairs for national and state…
View More Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to IncarcerationMental Health Courts Lower Recidivism
Gentlereaders: The research continues the generally positive results from speciality courts focusing on an array of criminal justice issues like drugs, probation violations, prisoner reentry…
View More Mental Health Courts Lower Recidivism