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Program Profile: Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority Vocational Support and Supervision Program (Israel) |
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Parole, Mental health, Corrections, Reentry, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs, Rape and sexual assault, Effective Evidence Rating | This program provides community supervision and services to individuals released early from prison to help them find employment and reduce their recidivism. The program is rated Effective. Program participants were less likely to be reincarcerated and had higher rates of integration into the workforce, compared with individuals who did not participate in the program. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Explore, Question, Understand, Investigate and Practice, Plan, Succeed (EQUIPS) Domestic Abuse Program (New South Wales, Australia) |
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Crime prevention, Investigations | This program targets behavior changes in men who have committed a domestic violence offense, to reduce their risk of reoffending. The program is rated Promising. Men in the treatment group had statistically significant reductions in their rate of reconvictions and time to both their first violent and general reconvictions, compared with men in the control group. There were no statistically significant differences between groups in general or domestic violence reoffending within 12 months. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: North Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Program |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug testing, Probation, Law enforcement, Sanctions, Traffic laws, Traffic law enforcement, Crime prevention, Legal substances, Substance abuse, Drugs | This program seeks to reduce the rearrests of individuals previously convicted of driving while under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs through intensive testing and monitoring of drug and alcohol consumption. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant decrease in the rates of DUI arrests by roughly 9 percent in counties that implemented the program, compared with counties that did not implement the program. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Supervision with Immediate Enforcement (SWIFT) Court for Gang-Involved Individuals (Texas) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Gangs, Gang Crime | This is a specialized court program that targets high-risk gang-affiliated individuals with felony convictions for intensive supervision, with the goal of reducing recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Gang members who participated in the program had a statistically significant lower likelihood of probation revocation than gang members who did not participate. But there were no statistically significant differences in new arrests between the groups. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Spotlight Serious Offender Services Unit (Canada) |
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Youth gangs, Probation, Violent offenders, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Juvenile (under 18), Gang Crime, Crime prevention, Child health and welfare, Juvenile delinquency | This was an urban-based intensive supervision program in which high-risk, gang-affiliated youths (ages 12–19) were assigned to work with a probation officer who was paired with a paid “street mentor.” The program is rated Promising. Youths in the program were significantly less likely than those in the comparison group to have a new conviction in the follow-up period of up to 3 years and remained offense-free for a longer period. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Environmental Corrections Model (Australia) |
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Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections | This is a community corrections model of probation and parole that focuses on opportunity-reduction strategies to reduce recidivism. The program is rated Effective. There were statistically significant reductions in new arrests and longer time to new arrest for individuals in the treatment group, compared with individuals in the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Social Problem-Solving Training (SPST) in a Juvenile Detention Setting |
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Mental health, Positive youth development, Treatment, Young juvenile offenders, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Juvenile justice, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile detention, Juvenile detention | This intervention was designed to help adolescent males in detention with interpersonal stress and conflict. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant effects on depressive symptoms, recidivism, social problem-solving, anger response, anger control, and inward expression of anger. However, the treatment as usual control condition was found to have a statistically significant reduction on outward expression of anger, a result in the other-than-expected direction. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Specialty Mental Health Probation (Texas) |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health | The program targeted individuals on probation with a mental illness. The goal was to reduce rates of community supervision failures. The program is rated Promising. Individuals on specialty probation had both statistically significant lower rates of technical violations and rearrest, and higher receipt of mental health services and dual-diagnosis treatment, compared with individuals on traditional probation. There was no statistically significant impact on substance use treatment and violence. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Rockford (Ill.) Area Violence Elimination Network (RAVEN) |
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Gun violence, Parole, Problem-oriented policing, Community corrections, Corrections, Crime prevention, Violent crime, Policing strategies, Sanctions, Arrests | This is a parole-based, focused deterrence intervention. The goal of the program is to reduce community-level firearm violence. The program is rated Effective. The intervention was associated with statistically significant reductions in measures of total gun violence, total non-gun violence, and total violence, compared with the synthetic control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Empathic Supervision Intervention for Probation or Parole Officers |
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Training, Parole, Probation, Computers, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention | The brief intervention targeted probation and parole officers’ mindsets about adults on probation or parole. Its goal was to reduce rates of recidivism and violations among adults on probation or parole by promoting empathic perspectives among officers. The program is rated Promising. Recidivism rates were significantly lower for the treatment condition compared with the control condition, but the intervention did not significantly affect violations. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Daily Automated Telephony With a Brief Cognitive Intervention for Persons on Parole (Sweden) |
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Parole, Cell Phones, Mental health, Alcohol, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Legal substances, Drugs | This was an automated telephony program designed for those recently paroled in Sweden that provided immediate feedback to participants and sent daily reports to their parole officers. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group participants reported statistically significantly less alcohol use, drug use, and internalizing behaviors at the 1-month follow-up, compared with control group participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Arkansas Community Corrections Texting Protocol |
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Parole, Probation | This program sends text-message reminders to clients under community supervision to help reduce missed probation and parole appointments. The program is rated Promising. Clients who received reminders 1 day before the appointment and those who received two texts before the appointment were statistically significantly less likely to cancel or not attend appointments. There was no statistically significant effect for clients receiving text reminders 2 days before the appointment. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Gender-Specific Drug Treatment Court (Midwestern State) |
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Probation, Drug courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a drug court program that provides treatment services to women on probation to reduce their risk of reoffending. The program gives preference to women who have higher need and risk profiles, are mothers, and have substance use problems. The program is rated Promising. Women in the treatment group were statistically significantly less likely to have a new conviction, compared with similar women on probation who did not participate in the program, at the 2-year follow-up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program (Michigan) |
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Parole, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Legal substances, Drugs | This is an alternative-to-incarceration program designed to respond swiftly with sanctions to probation violations of those at high-risk of re-offending. The overall goal is to reduce participants’ recidivism rates. The program is rated Promising. Participants had statistically significant reduction in recidivism rates (overall, misdemeanor, felony, property, drug/alcohol, and other) compared with the comparison group, but there was no statistically significant effects on violent recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training for Parole Officers in Colorado |
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Training, Parole, Community corrections, Probation, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Drugs, Violent crime | This is a client-centered counseling approach implemented as a job-training intervention for parole officers in Colorado. The intervention seeks to enhance parole officers’ communication skills to promote motivation for change and reduce recidivism among supervised people on probation. The program is rated Promising. People on probation in the intervention group showed a statistically significant reduction in recidivism outcomes, compared with people on probation in the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training (CREST) |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Drugs, Substance abuse | This is an enhanced day reporting center designed to reduce the risk of recidivism in people on probation with mental illnesses. It provides services such as substance abuse treatment and crisis intervention. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group individuals had a statistically significantly lower risk of conviction for any offense, compared with control group participants on standard probation. However, there was no statistically significant effect on the risk of conviction for a felo Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive Life Skills (CLS) |
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Parole, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a cognitive–behavioral intervention that seeks to reduce recidivism in people leaving secure confinement by addressing antisocial attitudes and decisionmaking. The program is designed for adult medium- and high-risk individuals. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group people were statistically significantly less likely to recidivate, compared with control group participants, during parole supervision. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Harlem (NY) Parole Reentry Court |
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Parole, Probation, Reentry courts, Prisons, Corrections, Specialty/problem-solving courts, Corrections, Community corrections, Inmate programs | This is a reentry program designed to assist parolees transition from life in prison to life in the community. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group had statistically significant reductions in rates of reconvictions and parole revocations, increases in numbers of months employed, and a greater likelihood of receiving a high school diploma or GED, compared with the control group. However, there were no statistically significant differences in rate of rearrests or substance use. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention | This is a community supervision strategy that includes swift, certain, and fair responses to probation violations. The program is rated No Effects. The treatment group had a statistically significant lower likelihood of having a positive drug test at the 12-month follow-up, but a statistically significant greater number of probation violations, compared with the control group. There were no statistically significant effects on recidivism (any arrest) or new convictions. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Targeted RECLAIM (Ohio) |
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Diversion, Treatment, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Civil courts, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice | This is a diversion program intended to reduce juvenile recidivism by treating youths in the community in place of incarceration. This program is rated as Promising. Youths in the treatment group were statistically significantly less likely to be incarcerated during the 1-year follow-up, compared with youths in the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Veterans Moving Forward (San Diego, Calif.) |
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Mental health, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This program is designed to assist incarcerated male veterans of the U.S. military by providing them with in-custody treatment, services, and linkage to rehabilitative programming and community resources and reduce their chances of recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Results showed a statistically significant reduction in recidivism for program participants during the 12-month follow-up period, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Arches Transformative Mentoring Program |
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Diversion, Violent offenders, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Child health and welfare | This is a group mentoring program that seeks to reduce recidivism of youth on probation in New York City, using an interactive journaling curriculum based on cognitive-behavioral principles. The program is rated No Effects. Program participants showed a statistically significant reduction in felony reconvictions, compared with comparison group youth at 24 months; however, there were no statistically significant differences on arrests, felony arrests, or reconvictions. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Delaware KEY Substance Abuse Program |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Mental health, Correctional facilities, Prisons, Drugs, Rape and sexual assault | This program is a prison-based therapeutic community for drug-involved individuals. The program is rated Promising. After 3 years, results showed statistically significant increases in remaining drug-free; however, there were no statistically significant effects in being arrest-free. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Delaware CREST Outreach Centers |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Alcohol-Related Offenses, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Reentry, Drugs | This is a residential work-release program that uses therapy, counseling and treatment for persons convicted of a crime with a history of substance use who are reentering society. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant increases in participants being injection-free at 6 months and being drug-free after 3 years; however, there were no statistically significant effects in condom use (at 6 months) or being arrest-free (after 3 years). Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Second Chance Act (SCA) Adult Reentry Demonstration Programs |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Reentry courts, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Employment initiatives | This is a program designed to reduce recidivism and improve employment rates through reentry services for individuals who have a moderate-to-high risk for reoffending. The program is rated No Effects. At the 30-month follow up, there were no statistically significant differences in rearrest, reconviction, reincarceration, or employment rates between program participants and control group members. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Operation Night Light (ONL) (Midwest) |
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Gang Crime, Youth gangs, Probation, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Violent offenders, Home visiting, Case Management, Young juvenile offenders, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice | This is a home-visiting program for youth on probation who are considered at high risk of recidivism. The program is rated No Effects. Compared with the treatment group, the control group was more likely to have completed probation, less likely to have probation revoked due to a technical violation, and committed fewer new crimes during probation; however, they recidivated sooner. There were no differences in the probation revocations due to severity of a new crime. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) of Adult Males (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Drug testing, Parole, Probation, Crime prevention, Recidivism | The program provides more restrictive community supervision to individuals at higher risk of committing serious crimes. The program is rated No Effects. Individuals on ISP showed no difference in offending, by first new offense or offense type, from those on standard probation. However, there was a statistically significant greater likelihood for the ISP treatment group to have absconded, been incarcerated, and had hearings for technical violations, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: High-Risk Revocation Reduction (HRRR) Program in Minnesota |
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Prisons, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime | This is an adult reentry program designed to reduce recidivism among high-risk males who were previously released from a state prison but returned to prison for violating conditions of their supervised release. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to have a statistically significant effect on reducing revocation and reconviction; however, it did not have a statistically significant effect on reducing rearrests and reincarceration. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Decide Your Time (Delaware) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Sanctions, Courts, Drugs | This was a program for chronic drug-using persons on probation that incorporated graduated sanctions with incentives to reduce recidivism and drug use among participants. The program is rated No Effects. Implemented in Delaware, the program was shown to have no impact on the successful completion of probation, on re-arrests, or on drug use. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Choosing to Think, Thinking to Choose |
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Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism | This is a cognitive–behavioral therapy program, consisting of 14 sequential classroom lessons, for high-risk persons on probation and delivered by probation officers in a community correctional environment. This program was rated No Effects. Results indicate that participants had a statistically significant lower recidivism rate, measured as committing any new offense compared with nonparticipants, however, no statistically significant differences were found across individual offense types. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Milwaukee Safe Streets Prisoner Release Initiative (PRI) |
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Mental health, Prisons, Reentry, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs | This program combines enhanced employment opportunities and wraparound services for incarcerated persons before and after release from prison. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant reduction in likelihood of rearrests for program group participants, compared with the control group. There was also a lower rate of reimprisonment for program participants than nonparticipants; however, this difference was not statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Functional Family Parole |
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Parole, Mental health, Reentry, Treatment, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Child health and welfare, Employment initiatives, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a supervision program that incorporates family-focused, strengths-based principles of Functional Family Therapy. The goal of the program is to reduce re-arrests and increase employment rates. The program is rated Promising. Participants in the intervention were less likely to be re-arrested, more likely to be employed, and earned more per quarter, compared with the comparison group. These findings were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Gender-Responsive Intervention for Female Juvenile Offenders |
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Girls, Mental health, Substance abuse, Reentry, Treatment, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile detention | This program provided gender-responsive services in two group homes for female youths who had been adjudicated in the delinquency (formal probation) or truancy divisions of juvenile court. The program is rated Promising. Results showed a statistically significant difference in that the girls who received gender-responsive services had lower recidivism rates after 2 years, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Non-Hospital Residential (NHR) Program |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism | These were community-based, substance abuse treatment programs for recently paroled, substance-dependent individuals. The primary aim of the programs was to treat participants’ substance abuse in the community while reducing their likelihood of reoffending. The program is rated Promising. Program participants were less likely to be convicted of a new crime, when compared with the community comparison group; this was a statistically significant difference. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Discretionary Parole in New Jersey |
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Parole, Prisons, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Sentencing, Courts | This allows individuals to be released early from a prison in New Jersey and complete the remainder of their sentences under supervision, with the goal of reducing recidivism. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group released early from prison had statistically significantly lower rates of reconviction, number of days until reconviction, re-arrests, and days to re-arrest, compared with those who had completed their entire sentences and were unconditionally released to the community. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Mentally Ill Offender Community Transition Program (Washington) |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Reentry, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention | The program is targeted at individuals whose mental illnesses are seen as instrumental in their offenses, and who are likely to qualify for and benefit from publicly supported treatment in the community. The overall goal is to reduce recidivism . The program is rated Effective. Participants in the program were less likely to be convicted of any new offense and convicted of felony offenses, compared with the matched comparison group. The difference was statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Cognitive Skills Training (Georgia) |
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Parole, Mental health, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Community corrections, Inmate programs, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Employment initiatives | Implemented by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, this is a cognitive–behavioral program for male parolees that aims to build psychosocial skills in areas such as self-control, interpersonal problem-solving, and critical reasoning. The program is rated No Effects. The authors found no statistically significant effect of program participation on recidivism and employment measures. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Intensive Supervision for Persons on Probation at High-Risk of Committing Offenses (California) |
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Probation, Federal parole guidelines, Community corrections, Reentry | This is an enhanced probation intervention targeted at high-risk individuals in three counties in California. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant effects of the intervention on rearrest. At one site, the treatment group had statistically significantly more technical violations, than the comparison group; however, there were no statistically significant effects on technical violation rates at the other two sites. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Returning Home - Ohio (RHO) Pilot Program |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Community corrections, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Reentry, Crime prevention | This program linked incarcerated persons who had disabilities and were at risk for homelessness to supportive housing upon their release from prison. The goal was to reduce recidivism, homelessness, and multiple systems use. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to statistically significantly reduce the probability of rearrest (but not re-incarceration) and length of time from release to rearrest; however, treatment group participants were rearrested more frequently. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Philadelphia (Penn.) Intensive Aftercare Probation Program |
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Probation, Reentry, Violent offenders, Case Management, Corrections, Community corrections, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Juvenile detention | This program was an intensive alternative reintegration program for high-risk male juveniles who were being released to probation from a juvenile corrections facility. The program is rated Promising. Results showed that while there were no differences between the treatment and comparison groups on the percent who had been re-arrested during the 9-month follow up, the treatment group had a statistically significantly lower number of re-arrests than the comparison group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Brief Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Use (Incarcerated Women) |
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Alcohol, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Substance abuse, Legal substances, Drugs | This program was designed to provide an alcohol intervention to incarcerated women with hazardous drinking habits who were being released from prison. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the treatment and comparison groups on the number of days abstinent from alcohol consumption at the 6-month follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Minnesota Prison Work Release Program |
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Reentry, Corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs | This program was designed to help individuals make a successful transition from prison to the community through provision of stable housing and support to obtain employment. The program is rated Promising. Program participants had a statistically significant decrease in rearrest, reconviction, and reincarceration rates, and an improvement in employment and number of hours worked. However, participants also had a statistically significant higher likelihood of revocations for technical violations. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (Midwestern State) |
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Parole, Probation, Prisons, Community corrections, Corrections | This program provides enhanced reentry services to support parolees with successful transition back into the community. The program follows the principles of the risk-needs-responsivity model by targeting services to those with highest risk, addressing dynamic risk factors, and emphasizing cognitive-behavioral strategies throughout the program. The program is rated Promising. The program was found to have a statistically significant effect on reconviction, but no effect on return to prison. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Indianapolis (Indiana) Reentry Project |
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Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Prisons | This was a reentry program in which individuals returning from prison were ordered by their parole or probation officers to participate in a 1-hour meeting within 90 days of their release. The meetings were meant to convey an intolerance for violence in the community and to allow the individuals to connect with service providers. The program is rated No Effects. The program was shown to have no statistically significant effects on the likelihood of rearrest and the time to rearrest. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Social Support Treatment with Drug Testing (Maryland) |
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Drug testing, Parole, Cocaine, Heroin, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Crime prevention, Substance abuse, Cocaine, Opioids | This program involves social support integrated with regular drug testing for recently paroled individuals who have a history of heroin and cocaine abuse. The program is rated Promising. Program participants had a statistically significant lower rate of reconviction, arrest, and incarceration, compared with the comparison group; however, there were no statistically significant effects on employment. Program participants also had a statistically significant higher positive drug-testing rate. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (North Dakota) |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections | This program provides enhanced reentry services to support persons on parole with successful transition back into the community. Services include chemical dependency treatment, psychiatric treatment, educational training, and assistance in finding housing. The program is rated Promising. The program was found to have a statistically significant, moderate effect on rearrest, but no statistically significant effect on revocation of parole. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Texas Intensive Supervision Parole (Houston and Dallas) |
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Burglary, Larceny/theft, Assault, Homicide, Robbery, Drug testing, Parole, Drug possession, Community corrections, Prisons, Reentry | This program was designed to increase monitoring and control of persons on parole who demonstrated poor parole performance and were at high risk of returning to prison for a parole violation. This program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences in reconviction, rearrest, and employment rates between groups in both Houston and Dallas. In Houston, program participants were significantly more likely to have technical violations than those in the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: San Diego (Calif.) Prisoner Reentry Program |
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Parole, Community corrections, Prisons, Corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism | The program, established by Senate Bill 618, aimed to educate and rehabilitate incarcerated individuals who committed nonviolent felony offenses in an effort to reduce recidivism and revocations to prison. The program is rated No Effects. There was a statistically significant impact on program participants’ rates of rearrest. However, there were no statistically significant differences on reconviction and return to prison rates between program participants and those who were not in the program. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Back Door Electronic Monitoring (Sweden) |
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Reentry, Community corrections, Corrections, Prisons, Sentencing, Courts | This program in Sweden involves the use of an ankle bracelet to determine the location of an individual who has been released following a short-term stay in prison. The overall goal is to reduce reoffending rates of participants. The program is rated Promising. Significantly fewer program participants were convicted of a new offense and sentenced to prison at the 3-year follow up, compared with control group participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Collaborative Behavioral Management in Six Sites |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Drugs, Substance abuse | This program involved collaborative sessions among a parole officer, treatment counselor, and the person on parole. The intervention provided parole officers with positive tools to manage the behavior of people on parole. The program aimed to reduce substance use, crime, and re-arrest among drug-involved people on parole. The program is rated No Effects. Results showed that the intervention did not significantly reduce re-arrest or overall drug use. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP) |
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Prisons, Corrections, Reentry, Inmate programs | This boot camp intervention in Minnesota combines a traditional military institutional program for 6 months with two 6-month phases of intensive, supervised release aftercare. The program is rated Promising. Program participants had statistically significant lower rates of re-arrest, felony reconviction, and return to prison for a new offense than the comparison group, but no statistically significant difference in the rate of return to prison for any offense. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Community Mediation Maryland Re-Entry Mediation |
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Corrections, Community corrections, Inmate programs, Crime prevention | This program brings together inmates, their families, and other supporters to discuss inmates’ past experiences and future expectations in a mediated session. The session is designed to facilitate communication, understanding, and a plan for reentry to help inmates successfully transition into the community after release. The program is rated Promising. This program showed a statistically significant reduction in rearrest, reconviction, and return to prison for program participants. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Minnesota's Enhanced Supervision Release Program |
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Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Diversion, Courts | This was an intensive, supervised release program for persons at high risk for reoffense and who were mandated to residential treatment upon release from prison. The program gradually reduced restrictions as the persons on parole transitioned back into the community. The program is rated No Effects. Results showed no statistically significant effects on recidivism measures, including rearrest, revocation for technical violations, reconviction, and days in prison. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Ohio's Progressive Sanctioning Grid |
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Corrections, Community corrections, Courts | This program uses progressive sanction guidelines from the Ohio Adult Parole Authority to determine the appropriate amount of response by authorities with regard to individuals who violate supervision. The program is rated No Effects. There was no statistically significant impact on risk of felony reoffending and major violation behavior in the first year of supervision. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: The Canton of Vaud (CV) Community Supervision Program (Switzerland) |
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Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Sentencing, Courts | This program was designed to provide a community service alternative to short custodial sentences for inmates, with the goal of improving measures of recidivism (reconviction) and social integration (marriage/employment). This program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant, long-term effects on reconviction and social integration. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Allegheny County (Pa.) Jail-Based Reentry Case Management Program |
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Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism | This was a mandatory jail reentry program with an overall goal of reducing recidivism and improving incarcerated persons’ transition into the community. The program connected incarcerated persons to Reentry Probation Officers to help with pre-release reentry planning and continued supervision following release. The program was rated No Effects. No statistically significant differences were found between program participants and the comparison group on probation violations and probability of rear Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP) |
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Prisons, Inmate programs, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Crime prevention, Recidivism | This was a case management program implemented in seven different correctional institutions across Minnesota. The program connected caseworkers in prisons with supervision agents in the communities to which participants return upon release from prison. The program is rated Promising. It statistically significantly reduced recidivism as measured by rearrest, reconviction, technical violation revocation, and reincarceration for any reason, but had no impact on new offense reincarceration. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Effects of Information Letters on Paying Restitution (Pennsylvania) |
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Restitution, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections | This experiment tested the effects of sending monthly reminder letters to persons on probation to pay restitution. The program is rated Promising. Persons on probation who received letters with only basic information paid statistically significant greater amounts and made a greater number of monthly payments, compared with people on probation who received no letters. However, there was no statistically significant difference between people on probation who received other types of letters and tho Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS) |
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Training, Parole, Probation | This is an initial training and coaching model targeted at community supervision officers. The overall goal is to teach community supervision officers how to translate principles of effective intervention into practice, and how to use core correctional practices in their interactions with persons convicted of a crime. The program is rated Promising. Officers in the treatment condition exhibited a greater use of core correctional skills over time than officers in the comparison condition. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Ada County (Idaho) Drug Court |
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Drug courts, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This program provides court-supervised, community-based outpatient drug treatment and case management services to persons convicted of a felony drug offense. The goals are to increase accountability, decrease the likelihood of recidivism, and reduce drug dependency. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group participants showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of recidivating, compared with comparison group participants who were placed on probation. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Mental Health Services Continuum Program (Calif.) |
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Parole, Mental health, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Adult community-based corrections | The program targets persons on parole with mental health problems and provides services to enhance their level of individual functioning in the community. The overall goal is to reduce recidivism of mentally ill persons on parole and improve public safety. The program is rated Promising. Persons on parole who participated in the program showed a statistically significant reduction in the odds of being returned to custody. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Three Data Driven Supervision Protocols for Parole Violations (Georgia) |
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Drug testing, Parole, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Drugs | In this program, new supervision protocols for substance abuse, joblessness, and chronic violators were created based on data gathered on the behavior of the paroled person and parole officer responses. The program is rated No Effects. There was no significant impact on overall arrests or measures of recidivism. In fact, the treatment group had significantly more arrests for a new misdemeanor offense than the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Special Needs Diversionary Program (SNDP) |
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Juvenile courts, Mental health, Diversion, Case Management, Youth development, Treatment, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections | This is a diversion program that provides intensive supervision and treatment for juveniles on probation who suffer from mental illness. This program is rated Promising. The intervention group showed a statistically significant reduction in number of rearrests within 1 year, compared with the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant impact on time to rearrest. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Washington State's Residential Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative |
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Corrections, Reentry, Inmate programs, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Courts, Drugs, Substance abuse | This program is an alternative to incarceration for felons with substance abuse problems. In lieu of confinement, they must successfully complete a residential, chemical-dependency treatment program in the community. The program is rated Promising. Residential DOSA was shown to statistically significantly reduce overall recidivism rates compared with prison-based DOSA. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Random Drug Testing with Immediate Results and Immediate Sanctions |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug testing, Parole, Cocaine, Heroin, Alcohol, Reentry, Community corrections, Corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Courts, Illegal substances, Opioids | This program was an experiment that was conducted to examine the efficacy of alternative methods of instant drug testing, and to determine how the different methods affected rates of relapse and recidivism of parolees with substance abuse issues. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group experienced a statistically significant decrease in rates of relapse, but no statistically significant difference in recidivism, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Juvenile Justice Assessment Planning Referral Placement (JARPP) |
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Training, Parole, Probation, Personnel, Treatment, Case Management, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile detention, Drugs, Substance abuse | This is a training program for juvenile justice probation/parole case managers (PCMs), to promote their use of evidence-based practices to identify the mental health and substance use needs of delinquent youth and increase youth’s access to services. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant reductions in re-referral and placement rates for youth whose PCMs received the enhanced training, compared with youth whose PCMs received the standard training or no training. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Utah Juvenile Drug Courts |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Drug possession, Alcohol, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile justice, Juvenile (under 18), Legal substances, Drug treatment | This is a juvenile drug court designed to reduce alcohol and other drug and delinquency offenses through an accountability framework. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group participants were statistically significantly less likely to recidivate in delinquency/criminal offenses, compared with the comparison group participants. However, there was no statistically significant effect on alcohol and other drug recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Global Positioning System for High-Risk Gang Offenders (California) |
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Gang Crime, Parole, Community corrections, Gangs, Crime prevention | This program monitors and tracks the movement of those on parole categorized as high risk for gang involvement or activity. The program is rated Promising. They are monitored by the GPS program had statistically significantly less arrests for new offenses and violent offenses, compared with control group people on parole. However, treatment group participants had higher odds of technical violations. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) Therapeutic Community |
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Mental health, Corrections, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Drugs | A prison-based drug treatment program based on the principles of therapeutic communities with the overall goal of reducing the risk of drug relapse and recidivism once they return to the community. The program is rated No Effects. The program did not significantly impact participants’ rates of rearrests or drug relapse, and only had a small effect on reincarceration rates. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Kansas Senate Bill 123 (Alternative Sentencing Policy for Non-Violent Drug Possession Offenders) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Mandatory sentencing, Drug possession, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Substance abuse | The Kansas State Senate Bill established a program that provided mandatory community-based drug treatment for nonviolent persons convicted of a preliminary offense for drug possession. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences at the 18-month follow-up for reconviction or revocation between defendants who received mandatory drug treatment and the unmatched comparison group of defendants who were sentenced to standard community corrections. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Front-End Diversion Initiative |
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Diversion, Personnel, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections | This is a preadjudication diversion program designed to divert juveniles with mental health needs away from the juvenile justice system through specialized supervision and case management. The program is rated Promising. Participants were statistically significantly less likely to face adjudication compared to those who only received traditional supervision while on probation. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Multimodal Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Program |
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Drug testing, Parole, Prisons, Corrections | This is a community-based prisoner reentry program that provides substance abuse treatment to medium-to high-risk individuals placed on 24-month community correctional supervision. The program is rated No Effects. The preponderance of evidence suggests that the program had no statistically significant effect on program participants in measures of rearrest, reincarceration, and relapse. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: California's Repeat Offender Prevention Program (ROPP) |
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Probation, Truancy, Case Management, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Young juvenile offenders, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare, Intimate partner violence | This is a supervision program for high-risk youths. The program is rated No Effects. Participants had a statistically significant decrease in the number of felony petitions, compared with the control group; however, there were no differences in petitions for new offenses, misdemeanor petitions, warrant status, days spent in custody, GPA, classes passed, classes failed, or number of days of school attended. There were also mixed findings on petitions for probation violations. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Heroin, Marijuana, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Opioids | These court supervised, post-plea (but pre-final disposition) drug diversion programs provide comprehensive community-based treatment services to juveniles convicted of an offense and their families. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Connections |
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Probation, Mental health, Treatment, Case Management, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile detention | This is a juvenile court-based program designed to address the needs of people on probation who have emotional and behavioral disorders and the needs of their families. The approach is meant to be an integrated, seamless, coordinated system of care for children with mental health problems. The program is rated Promising. The intervention youth were statistically significantly less likely to recidivate, commit a felony offense or serve time in detention, compared with comparison youth. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Operation New Hope |
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Parole, Reentry, Violent offenders, Treatment, Community corrections, Corrections, Juvenile detention, Child health and welfare, Drugs, Drug treatment | This is a curriculum-based aftercare program designed to assist chronic, high-risk juveniles in their reintegration to the community after they are released from secure confinement. The program is rated Promising. Participants in the treatment group had a statistically significant lower number of rearrests and revocations and lower likelihood of substance use and associations with negative peers, compared with participants in the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Reduced Probation Caseload in Evidence-Based Setting (Oklahoma City) |
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Training, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Intimate partner violence | This program aims to reduce recidivism of high- and moderate-risk individuals on probation by assigning them to intensive supervision by an officer with a reduced caseload, and through the use of evidence-based practices. The program is rated Promising. Individuals who were supervised by probation officers with reduced caseloads were statistically significantly less likely to be rearrested for any crime after 2 years, compared with individuals supervised by officers with traditional caseloads. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Project Safe Neighborhoods (Chicago, Ill.) |
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Gang Crime, Assault, Gun violence, Homicide, Prosecution, Determinate sentencing, Mandatory sentencing, Evidence, Process serving, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Violent crime, Gangs, Law enforcement operations, Problem-oriented policing | This is a comprehensive antiviolence initiative that uses collaborative strategies to alter perceived costs and benefits of gun violence and is intended to reduce illegal gun offending. The program is rated Promising. Treatment areas experienced a statistically significant reduction in homicide and gun-related homicides, but no reduction in gang-related homicides. In addition, offender notification forums were associated with statistically significant reductions in recidivism rates. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Thinking for a Change |
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Probation, Mental health, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a cognitive–behavioral curriculum developed by the National Institute of Corrections, which was designed to change the criminogenic thinking of persons convicted of a crime. The program includes cognitive restructuring, social skills development, and development of problem-solving skills. The program is rated Promising. Persons in the treatment group were found to be less likely to recidivate, compared with those in the control group, at the 6-month follow-up. This difference was statist Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Rearrest (STARR) |
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Training, Probation, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a training program for federal community supervision officers providing direct service to persons convicted of a crime who are under supervision. The goal is to improve one-on-one officer-client interactions to reduce risk and recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Clients in the experimental group had statistically significant lower failure rates than control group clients at the 12-month follow up; however, there were no statistically significant differences in failure rates at Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Electronic Monitoring (Florida) |
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Sex offenders, Parole, Probation, Sensors/Surveillance, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This program involves using systems based radio frequency or global positioning system technology to monitor convicted persons’ locations and movements in community-based settings. The goal is to increase compliance and reduce recidivism. This program is rated Promising. Compared with the control group, who were on other forms of community supervision, the treatment group using electronic monitoring showed statistically significant reductions in the risk of failure to comply. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Transitional Case Management |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Alcohol, Legal substances, Drugs | This is a strengths-based, case management intervention that provided expanded case management services to incarcerated persons during their transition from incarceration to the community. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the transitional case management treatment group and the standard referral control group in nights spent in residential substance abuse treatment or in past 30-day drug or alcohol use, at the 9-month follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Project Greenlight |
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Mental health, Prisons, Corrections, Inmate programs, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry | This is an institution-based transitional services demonstration program, designed to be a short, intensive intervention, which could provide a greater number of individuals with reentry services at a lower cost. The program is rated No Effects. Program participants showed a statistically significant higher rate of parole revocation and rearrests for new offenses, compared with comparison group participants. However, there were no significant differences in felony rearrest rates between groups. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Philadelphia (Pa.) Low-Intensity Community Supervision Experiment |
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Parole, Probation, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This was an experiment conducted to examine the effects of lowering the intensity of community supervision with low-risk people in an urban community. The program is rated Promising. There were no statistically significant effects between groups on rearrest, time to rearrest, reincarceration, frequency of offending, or seriousness of offending. Overall, there was no evidence that reducing the intensity of supervision had any effect on the subsequent criminal behavior of low-risk people. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Modified Therapeutic Community for Individuals With Mental Illness and Chemical Abuse (MICA) Disorders Who Commit Offenses |
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Mental health, Corrections, Reentry, Correctional facilities, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Drugs | This program is an adaptation of the therapeutic community models used with individuals who have co-occurring drug abuse problems and mental health disorders. It offers a more flexible, more personalized, and less intense approach to achieve greater reductions in substance use and recidivism. This program is rated Promising. Participants in the treatment group showed statistically significant reductions in illegal drug use, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: New Jersey Community Resource Centers |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections | This program operates through nonresidential multiservice centers that are designed to facilitate parolees’ successful reintegration back into the community by offering a combination of services and supervision. The program is rated Promising. Parolees in the treatment group showed statistically significant reductions in rearrest, reconviction, and reincarceration, compared with parolees in the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Naltrexone for Persons on Federal Probation |
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Probation, Heroin, Corrections, Community corrections, Illegal substances, Substance abuse, Drugs, Cocaine, Opioids | This is a program that uses medication in the treatment of opioid addiction. The medication works by antagonizing opioid receptors and blocking the effects of opiates, usually heroin, which are consumed by addicts. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant reductions in opioid use and reincarceration among the treatment group, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Bronx (NY) Treatment Court |
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Drug courts, Corrections, Probation, Community corrections, Recidivism, Problem-solving courts, Crime prevention | This program is an alternative to probation and confinement for first-time, nonviolent individuals convicted of drug offenses. The program is rated Promising. Treatment court participants had statistically significant lower conviction rates for any new offenses and drug offenses 1 year after program completion, compared with the comparison group. Program participants also had statistically significant lower conviction rates 3 years following the initial arrest. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: New Jersey Halfway Back Program |
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Parole, Corrections, Prisons, Inmate programs, Community corrections | This program serves an alternative to incarceration for technical parole violators or as a special condition of parole on release from prison. The program, which is run at secure residential facilities, provides paroled persons with an environment that is halfway between prison and ordinary parole release. The program is rated Promising. Program parolees showed statistically significant reductions in re-arrest, reconviction, and reincarceration, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Community and Law Enforcement Resources Together (ComALERT) |
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Parole, Mental health, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections, Corrections, Employment initiatives, Legal substances, Drugs, Policing strategies, Crime prevention | This is a reentry program in Brooklyn, N.Y., that provides substance abuse treatment, employment, and housing services for parolees. The program is rated Promising. Participants demonstrated a statistically significant lower likelihood of being rearrested or reconvicted, compared with the matched control group. However, there were no significant differences in employment and earnings, cohabitating with a partner and regular contact with their children, or drug and alcohol use. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Boston (Massachusetts) Reentry Initiative (BRI) |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Jails, Correctional facilities, Community corrections, Crime prevention | This interagency public safety initiative aims to help incarcerated violent adults who have been convicted of a crime transition back to their neighborhoods following release from jail through various services. The program is rated Promising. The study found that after 3 years statistically significantly fewer program participants had been arrested for any crime and violent crime compared to the control group. The program was also associated with reductions in the subsequent overall time to arre Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: DUII Intensive Supervision Program (DISP) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Victim impact panels, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Sanctions, Courts, Traffic laws, Law enforcement | This comprehensive 3-year program provides swift sanctions, intensive probation, close monitoring, and mandatory treatment for repeat impaired-drivers. The program is rated Promising. There were statistically significant differences between the treatment and comparison groups across all counties. The treatment group experienced lower DUI recidivism, driving with a revoked or suspended license recidivism, and any other traffic offense convictions. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Multnomah County (Ore.) Sanction Treatment Opportunity Progress (STOP) Drug Diversion Program |
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Drug courts, Corrections, Community corrections, Parole, Problem-solving courts, Drug treatment | This is a drug court program that focuses on providing treatment services for persons facing first-offense drug charges. The program is rated Effective. In addition to showing statistically significant lower rates of subsequent arrests, convictions, felony arrests, drug arrests, and parole and probation violations, program participants had higher scores in positive adjustment, compared with control group participants at the 2-year follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Delaware KEY/Crest Substance Abuse Programs |
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Corrections, Correctional facilities, Prisons, Inmate programs, Reentry, Drugs, Rape and sexual assault | This program uses a drug treatment continuum of prison-based therapeutic community and residential work release for drug-involved convicted persons. The program is rated Promising. Results showed statistically significant increases in remaining drug-free after 3 years and increases in condom use after 6 months; however, there were no statistically significant effects in being injection-free (after 6 months) or arrest-free (after 3 years). Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP) |
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Parole, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections, Prisons, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a multidimensional, parole-based reintegration program that aims to reduce parolees’ crime and reincarceration by providing them with services that can facilitate a successful reintegration into society following release from prison. The program is rated Promising. Parolees who participated in the program had a statistically significant lower likelihood of reincarceration, compared with parolees who did not participate. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) |
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Drug testing, Probation, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections | This is a community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers, particularly those who have long histories of drug use and involvement with the criminal justice system and are considered at high risk of failing probation or returning to prison. The program is rated Promising. Participants were less likely to miss appointments with probation officers, use drugs, and be arrested, compared with the control group. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS) |
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Training, Probation, Corrections, Reentry, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a job-training program for probation officers (POs) to help them apply the risk–need–responsivity (RNR) model with adults who are on probation. The program is rated Promising. Treatment POs demonstrated a statistically significant higher level of quality in demonstrating RNR–based correctional and intervention skills, compared with the control group; however, there were mixed results in discussions on any and all criminogenic needs and no statistically significant difference in recidivis Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Auglaize County (Ohio) Transition (ACT) Program |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Jails, Correctional facilities, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a jail reentry program that works to reduce inmates’ recidivism once they reenter the community, in part by linking them to various resources. The program is rated Promising. Approximately 12 percent of program participants were rearrested during the 12-month follow-up period, compared with 82 percent of control group participants, a statistically significant difference. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Probation Case Management for Women Charged With Drug-Involved Offenses (San Francisco, Calif.) |
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Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Drugs | This intervention for drug-involved females who have been convicted of an offense incorporated elements of substance abuse treatment, intensive supervision probation, and case management. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the probation case management group and the standard probation group on measures of incarceration rates, substance abuse, psychiatric symptoms, or service use at the 12-month follow up. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Psychological Treatments for Adults With Histories of Violent Offending |
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Mental health, Corrections, Prisons, Inmate programs, Intimate partner violence | This practice consists of talk-based therapies aimed at reducing violent, aggressive, or antisocial behavior of adults with a history of violent offending. Therapies include cognitive-behavioral therapy, anger management programs, and violence reduction programs. This practice is rated Promising for reducing trait anger and impulsivity and for improving social problem solving, and general social skills. This practice is rated No Effects for reducing antisocial cognitions. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Juvenile Intensive Supervision Programs |
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Probation, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile justice, Juvenile detention | This practice consists of intensive supervision of juveniles on probation in the community, compared with those on traditional community supervision. Conditions of intensive supervision programs may vary, but they generally include increased face-to-face contact with probation officers, drug/urinalysis testing, and participation in programming (such as tutoring, counseling, or job training). The practice is rated No Effects for reducing recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Rehabilitation Programs for Adults Convicted of a Crime |
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Parole, Probation, Mental health, Drug courts, Mental health courts, Jails, Corrections, Community corrections, Inmate assistance programs, Prisons, Reentry, Drug abuse prevention and education, Drugs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Prosecution, Law enforcement, Drug treatment | This practice includes programs that are designed to reduce recidivism among adults by improving their behaviors, skills, mental health, social functioning, and access to education and employment. They may become participants in rehabilitation programs during multiple points in their involvement with the criminal justice system. This practice is rated Promising for reducing recidivism among adults who have been convicted of an offense. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Day Reporting Centers |
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Drug testing, Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This practice uses day reporting centers, which are nonresidential multiservice centers, to facilitate parolees’ reintegration back into the community through a combination of services and supervision. This practice is rated No Effects for reducing criminal recidivism among adults who have been convicted of an offense. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Halfway Houses |
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Parole, Mental health, Recidivism, Courts | This practice comprises community-based correctional programs that use community supervision and intermediate sanctions to improve the likelihood of successful reintegration of returning individuals and promote community safety. The practice is rated Promising for reducing recidivism of people who transitioned back into the community through halfway houses. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Strategies for Drug-Involved Individuals |
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Drug testing, Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts | The practice comprises supervision strategies used by community supervision officers to address violation behavior of drug-involved individuals on probation and parole who are being supervised in the community. The goals are to generate greater compliance with supervision terms and, as a result, reduce recidivism. The practice is rated Promising for reducing crime rates of drug-involved individuals supervised in the community. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs) |
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Community policing, Jails, Corrections, Community corrections, Courts, Diversion, Law enforcement, Arrests | This practice comprises specialized police-led, pre-booking jail diversion responses to individuals with mental illness. The goals are to reduce police officers’ injuries and use of force, and to reduce arrests of individuals with mental illness. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing arrests of individuals with mental illness and reducing trained police officers’ use of force in situations involving mentally ill individuals. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Adult Reentry Programs |
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Mental health, Reentry courts, Jails, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Inmate programs, Probation, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Law enforcement | This practice involves correctional programs that focus on the transition of individuals from prison into the community. Reentry programs involve treatment or services that have been initiated while the individual is in custody and a follow-up component after the individual is released. The practice is rated Promising for reducing recidivism. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Juvenile Reentry Programs |
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Parole, Probation, Reentry, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile detention | This practice consists of reintegrative programs and services designed to prepare juveniles, who were placed out of their homes, for reentry into the community. The overall goal is to reduce the recidivism rate of juveniles released from out-of-home placements. The practice is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant decrease in the recidivism rates of juveniles who participated in the reentry programs, compared with juveniles in the comparison groups. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Corrections-Based Adult Basic/Secondary Education |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Employment initiatives, Inmate assistance programs | Adult basic education classes for incarcerated adults provide basic skills instruction in arithmetic, reading, and writing. The practice is rated Promising in reducing recidivism (including reoffending, rearrest, reconviction, reincarceration, and technical parole violation); and Promising in employment and socioeconomic status - job placement outcomes. Those who participated in the education programs were significantly more likely to find employment. Date Posted: |