Community Supervision And Violent Offenders: What The Research Tells Us And How To Improve Outcomes

This Article explores the supervision of violent offenders in the community and reviews the research on effective (and ineffective) practices. Included is a discussion of the scope and diversity of violent offenses, a review of the research related to intermediate sanctions such as intensive supervision and electronic monitoring, as well as the application of the Risk, Need and Responsivity model to community supervision. Finally, the challenges of translating research into practice is discussed along with recommendations on how we can improve community supervision

A Quasi Experimental Evaluation of Thinking for a Change: A Real-World Application

Due to the popularity of cognitive behavioral interventions, programs that follow this model are often assumed to be effective. Yet evaluations of specific programs have been slow in coming. The current investigation seeks to bridge this gap by evaluating the effectiveness of Thinking for a Change (TFAC), a widely used cognitive behavioral curriculum for offenders. Furthermore, this evaluation provides a “real-world” test of TFAC, because it was implemented by line staff in a community corrections agency as opposed to being a pilot project implemented by program developers. The results of the analyses indicate that offenders participating in the TFAC program had a significantly lower recidivism rate than similar offenders that were not exposed to the program

Other title: Evaluation of Ohio's Prison Programs

"Draft Report Submitted: 9-22-15; Final Report Submitted: 10-26-15."; Includes bibliographical references.; Harvested from the web on 2/10/16Executive summary -- Section 1. Study Overview -- Section 2. Background and Literature Review -- Section 3. Methodology -- Section 4. Results -- Section 5. Summary and Discussion -- Section 6. Recommendations -- References -- Appendices.UCCI was contracted in 2010 by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) to conduct an evaluation of the state's "Reentry Approved" programs offered in all correctional institutions. This study was designed to explore the effectiveness of programming on institutional misconduct and recidivism. Additionally, the study took into account program integrity and the institutional context

Outcome evaluation of Ohio's drug court efforts final report

Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 27, 2004).; "This research was made possible with a grant from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services. Grants number 00DGPEI7375 and 98DGPEI7375."; "July, 2002."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 100).; Electronic text (pdf, 110 p.).; Harvested from the web on 8/27/0

Prisoner Reentry Programs: History, Importance and Effectiveness

“[Ndrecka, Listwan, and Latessa] offer an exhaustive review of the literature what we need to know about prison reentry and what works with differing offender populations. Based on work that has been generated over the past 30 years, they offer a direction that suggest regardless of entry program, there must be attention paid to the principles of risk, need, and responsivity. “ – Stan Stojkovic, Book Introduction, p. 4