Sex Offenses
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Effective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, is likely to result in the intended outcome(s). |
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Promising | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, may result in the intended outcome(s). |
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Ineffective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s). |
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Negative Effects | Implementing the program, or program encompassed by the practice, will not result in intended outcome(s) and may result in harmful effects. |
Programs
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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: Minnesota Intensive Supervised Release |
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Sex offenders, Drug testing, Probation, Mental health, Prisons, Correctional facilities, Crime prevention | This is an intensive, supervised release program for individuals released from prison in Minnesota who are at high risk for reoffending. The primary goal of the program is to reduce recidivism of released individuals. The program is rated Promising. The program reduced the risk of general, felony, and violent reconvictions and any rearrests, but increased the risk of a technical violation revocation. All of these differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Milwaukee County (Wis.) Deferred Prosecution Program |
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Prosecution, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts, Diversion | This is a prosecutor-led pretrial diversion program to rehabilitate individuals convicted of misdemeanor or felony offenses who are at medium risk of reoffending. The program is rated Ineffective. There were statistically significant reductions in cases dismissed for treatment group individuals, compared with control group individuals. However, there were no statistically significant differences in the 2-year rearrest rate or days to first rearrest. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: P3i Application for Use by Law Enforcement Officers (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
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Computers, Sensors/Surveillance, Databases, Warrants, Patrol, Internet, Vehicles, Arrests | This was a mobile application for law enforcement officers that projected the locations of persons-of-interest based on their residences and other location information contained in the police department’s crime database. The program is rated Promising. Officers using the application had a statistically significant greater number of warrant arrests and information reports than officers in the control group. There was no statistically significant impact on citation arrests. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Rapid Intervention Community Court (Chittenden County, Vt.) |
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Community courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Diversion, Prosecution, Courts, Community courts, Intimate partner violence | This is a prosecutor-led diversion program for nonviolent defendants, which is designed to decrease the number of convictions and reduce recidivism while improving administrative efficiency and cost effectiveness. The program is rated Ineffective. The program had a statistically significant effect on reducing the likelihood of conviction, but there was no statistically significant effect on recidivism for program participants, compared with comparison participants. 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: |
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| 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 Ineffective. 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: 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: Implementation of Federal Sex-Offender Registry Requirements in 14 States |
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Sex offenders, Sex offender management, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This was a registration requirement targeting individuals convicted of sex offenses and other crimes against children. The federal legislation required the registration of people released after serving time for a sex offense, including name, address, sex crime committed, and a photograph. The program is rated Ineffective. The program did not statistically significantly reduce sex-crime rates. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Earned Early Release (Washington State) |
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Parole, Probation, Sentencing guidelines, Courts, Prisons, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime | Under a 2003 Washington State law, incarcerated individuals who had committed certain nonviolent offenses were able to acquire earlier release time of up to 50 percent of their maximum sentence. The program is rated Promising. Individuals who were released early under the law had a statistically significant lower rate of felony convictions, compared with individuals who were not released early; however, there was no statistically significant difference on violent convictions. Date Posted: |
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