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Overview of Recidivism

continue to rise" (Hanke, 1993, pp. 22). Baltimore set an unenviable record for the number of homicides in 1992 of 331, which...

Programs To Reduce Recidivism

Law enforcement makes it very clear what will happen if the person is arrested again.7 After the panel sessions, a case worker is ...

Cost Effectiveness, Recidivism, and Standard Prison Settings v. Shock Incarceration Prison Camps

In twelve pages this paper assesses these two alternatives on the basis of recidivism and cost effectiveness with trends apparentl...

Recidivism in the United States

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at prison recidivism. Issues of racial disparity in recidivism are also noted. Paper u...

Concepts of Jail Overcrowding

to 75 percent of inmates presently serving drug related sentences (What Causes Overcrowding in Jails and Prisons). Next, mandator...

Recidivism and Drug Treatment

to the threats to internal validity are an important component of any research design. The first threat to internal validity is...

A Probation Officer's View Of Effectiveness

OF EFFECTIVENESS The new evaluation format proposes the following theories: 1) use recidivism statistics as a guide to improvemen...

Applied Research Project Proposal on Recidivism and Training of Offenders

Over the course of the last decade, researchers, social and criminal theorists, and the general public have debated the issue of p...

Community Notification on Reported Sex Offenders

is a great deal of difficulty resuming normal life. This is true for any convict, but it is especially difficult for the sex offen...

Rates of Success and Recidivism Impacts of Juvenile Delinquent Programs versus Juvenile Boot Camp

use of military drill and strict discipline. The first of these was opened in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983 (54). A...

Rate of Recidivism and Drug Use

Before delving into proving the thesis, looking at relevant literature and statistics, it is important to look at drug use and its...

Parole and Probation Alternative Approaches

while on probation, to the extent that "the issue of recidivism among these offenders cannot be underestimated, since this has a d...

Literature on Inmate Reform

that there is a growing body of research data that indicates that rehabilitation and/or reformation through the process of incarce...

Repeat Offenders After Probation and or Parole

Analysis There are very few people in society today want to see bad men and women doing bad things in public --...

Florida Community Approaches to Juvenile Crime

In eight pages this paper discusses how recidivism rates can be improved through community based programs in a consideration of Fl...

Probation versus Jail and Recidivism Rates

when they have only served probation rather than having been incarcerated. The study in England was also based on a population ma...

Incarceration, Probation, and Rates of Recidivism

is a more certain way to monitor the offenders and also serves to result in a higher rate of those who do not return to a life of ...

Blacks and Incidences of Recidivism

This paper consists of five pages and examines the black rates of recidivism in a consideration of possible reasons why. Eight so...

Juvenile Delinquency Programs and Juvenile Boot Camps

In ten pages this research proposal assesses the recidivism impacts and success rates of juvenile delinquency programs versus juve...

Revolving Door Effect of the American Penal System and Recidivism

In fourteen pages this paper discuses the problems of recidivism in the U.S. system of correction with various models for sentenci...

Laws for Sex Offenses

(not conducted by individuals who have designed treatment programs), differ enormously, but even so, they still offer no evidence ...

Pros and Cons of Juvenile Boot Camps

This paper consists of eight pages and assesses boot camps for juvenile offenders in terms of their pros and cons with such issues...

Reform and Prisons

This paper consists of six pages and considers the lack of success with reforming the prison system in a consideration of perpetua...

Swedish and American Prison Systems

them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...

Prison Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

to the criminal justice system (SCP, 2003). The program addresses the roots of recidivism, which are drug addiction and lack of jo...

Mexico, United States, Canada, and Corrections Systems

In ten pages this research paper examines the prison systems of North America in a consideration of similarities and differences w...

Standard Probation and the Alternative of Intensive Supervision Programs

In fourteen pages this paper discusses how to reduce criminal recidivism through intensive supervision programs instead of standar...

Literature Review on Inmates and Families Programs

In fifteen pages this research paper presents a literature review regarding programs for long term prison inmates and their famili...

A Recidivism Study

and is a significant problem, but while the problem remains, legal aid programs do little to help. An example of why this is the c...

Journal Article Review Delinquency

This essay reports an empirical research study that focused on the effect of neighborhoods on juvenile delinquency and recidivism....