Federal Recidivism-Dangerous Offenders Arrested More-Longer Sentences Means Less Crime

Highlights The recidivism rate of federal prison inmates hasn’t changed despite efforts to use graduated sanctions or other alternatives to incarceration. Probation, parole, and supervision…

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Recidivism of Offenders After Prison-A Quick Summation

Highlights A quick overview of the number of people rearrested and reincarcerated after release from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…

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Over Two Million Crimes By Released Prisoners After Ten Years

  Highlights-Ten Years After Release From Prison Most police chiefs are blaming increased crime on repeat offenders. Based on this and other data, they are…

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Does The US Have The Highest Rates Of Crime And Incarceration?

Highlights Does the US have the highest rates of crime and incarceration? Incarceration numbers going up in other countries while it’s declining in the United…

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Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising Violence

Highlights Violent crime and serious violent crime began to increase by 28 percent in 2015 per the US Department of Justice. The US had the…

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DOJ-Massive Rearrests After Prison-Long Sentences Means Less Crime

Highlights Released prisoners who served less time had higher arrest rates. During the five-year follow-up period, an estimated 1.1 million arrests occurred among the approximately…

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Advocates Insist That Offender Rehabilitation Programs Work-Are They Right?

Highlights Do programs for criminal offenders work? Per US Department of Justice data, most don’t. There are daily articles stating that programs significantly reduce recidivism.…

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Biden’s Promise To Cut The Prison Population In Half Means More Violent Crime

Highlights Mr. Biden stated that he wants to release half of all prison inmates or reduce the US correctional population substantially through other means. Fifty-eight…

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Criminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’t

Offender Rehabilitation And Reentry Programs-What Works “Programs that included group work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT-like components, counseling, or that used drug court or other…

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