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Recidivism
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Criminal
Celebrating “real” recidivism is essentially nil, and even technical violations stunningly low, for CARES home confinement cohort
Data from the US Sentencing Commission indicates that roughly 1 in 4 persons who serve time in federal prison gets rearrested within the first two years after release (see Table…
Criminal Law Section Blog | Criminal Law Section
It’s a ‘Fact’: Incarceration Does Not Reduce Recidivism
Evidence-based decision making is all the rage in American criminal justice. The basic idea is that everything we do with offenders – diversion, pretrial release, sentencing, supervision, and so…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Rounding up some more notable recent criminal justice reads at the start the new year
Though the new year is now just two week old, I have seen more than two weeks worth of interesting reads that I have not had a chance to blog…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission issues new report on "Recidivism of Federal Drug Trafficking Offenders Released in 2010"
The US Sentencing Commission today published some more findings from its big eight-year recidivism study of federal offenders released from prison in 2010. This new 144-page report is titled "Recidivism…
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US Sentencing Commission issues new report on “Recidivism of Federal Drug Trafficking Offenders Released in 2010”
The US Sentencing Commission today published some more findings from its big eight-year recidivism study of federal offenders released from prison in 2010. This new 144-page report is titled "Recidivism…
From Briefs to Books
The Sentence – by Louise Erdrich
“In love as in death and mayhem, small things start a chain of events which veer so out of control that sooner or later an absurd detail intrudes, bringing the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission issues new report on "Recidivism of Federal Firearms Offenders Released in 2010"
The US Sentencing Commission has this week published some new findings from its big eight-year recidivism study of 32,000+ offenders released in 2010. This new 98-page report is titled "Recidivism…
Criminal
US Sentencing Commission issues new report on “Recidivism of Federal Firearms Offenders Released in 2010”
The US Sentencing Commission has this week published some new findings from its big eight-year recidivism study of 32,000+ offenders released in 2010. This new 98-page report is titled "Recidivism…
Criminal
“Specialization in Criminal Courts: Decision Making, Recidivism, and Re-victimization in Domestic Violence Courts in Tennessee”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper now available via SSRN authored by Aria Golestani, Emily Owens and Kerri Raissian. Here is its abstract:Local governments…
Criminal Law Section Blog | Criminal Law Section
New Recidivism Study Contains Surprises
The recidivism risk of individuals who have been sentenced to prison often figures prominently in criminal justice policy debates. Nationally, the most frequently cited recidivism figures come from a series…