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Is criminal history related to future criminality?
Crime in America.Net Dear readers: A student asks if recidivism (an offender’s return to prison or higher sanctions) is connected to criminal history. She is…
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Dear readers: In a day of huge budget cuts to criminal justice agencies and overall economic doom and gloom, crime continues to do down throughout…
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View More What works in policingMental Health Courts Lower Recidivism
Gentlereaders: The research continues the generally positive results from speciality courts focusing on an array of criminal justice issues like drugs, probation violations, prisoner reentry…
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Dear readers: The study continues a long line of research stating that substance abuse treatment works to reduce recidivism. Unfortunately, it’s in the same unreadable…
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Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the Project Safe Neighborhoods annual conference in New Orleans on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 and endorsed three crime control…
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