Introduction A synopsis of family and community violence research that is strongly connected to those involved in violent crime. Childhood trauma can “rewire” the brain,…
View More Does Child Abuse And Family-Community Instability Cause Violent Crime?Category: Reentry
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…
View More Does Anything Work To Reduce Crime?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?…
View More Can The Justice System Help Violent People With Mental Health Issues?Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?
Highlights The USDOJ states that they have programs that massively reduce offender recidivism (arrests and incarceration after prison). I assume that the DOJ will now…
View More Did The The DOJ Just Solve The Problem Of Massive Offender Recidivism?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.…
View More Women Offenders-Over Half Of Violent Females Were Arrested Within 5 Years Of ReleasePrison 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…
View More Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 IncarcerationsJudging 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…
View More Judging Future Criminality Through Risk Assessments-USDOJParole 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…
View More Parole And Probation Totals Plummet Along With IncarcerationsEmployment 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…
View More Employment And Crime-Do Jobs Prevent Or Deter Incarcerations?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…
View More The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013