Does anything work to reduce crime?

Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?

Highlights What happens to crime studies of programs when compared to the best research methods? The lesson is that it’s very hard to engineer social…

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Can the justice system rehabilitate people with serious mental illness

Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?

Highlights Can programs help those in the community who are threatening violence or mass shootings? Can programs assist adjudicated violent offenders with mental health problems?…

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Can the justice system rehabilitate people with serious mental illness

Escaped Offenders Have “Extensive And Serious Criminal Histories”

Highlights The majority (85.7%) of individuals sentenced for an escape offense and released were rearrested during an eight-year follow-up period, which was higher than individuals…

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Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years

Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of Release

Highlights More than half of females (55%, compared to 66% of males) who were serving time for a violent offense were arrested for another offense.…

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Can the justice system rehabilitate people with serious mental illness

Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations

  Highlights The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2 million prior arrests. Persons admitted to state prison had…

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The Recidivism Of Violent Offenders

Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJ

  Highlights The National Institute Of Justice offers data on which incarcerated groups have the highest rates of recidivism (i.e. arrests and incarcerations). We were…

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Parole And Probation Numbers

Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With Incarcerations

Highlights Total incarcerations of people on parole and probation have decreased (see conclusions). Are we taking greater chances with decreases in the incarceration of violent…

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Technical violations and rearrests

Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?

HighlightsMost offenders were employed before their latest incarceration. ChatGPT (the new artificial intelligence website) offers the following, “Overall, employment can make a significant difference in…

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The U.S. Correctional Population Declined 22%-A Decrease of 61,000 Offenders

Highlights We are at record lows for people under correctional supervision while urban violence increases. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five…

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Prison Recidivism

The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013

Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…

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