The effects of the timing and dosage of correctional programming on recidivism

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 256-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Duwe
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Programming

Making the Next Step: Using Evaluability Assessment to Improve Correctional Programming

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
BETSY MATTHEWS ◽  
DANA JONES HUBBARD ◽  
EDWARD LATESSA
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Evaluability Assessment ◽  
Correctional Programming ◽  
What Works

The research on what works in correctional interventions provides a powerful agenda for correctional programming. Evaluability assessment is a tool that can be used to help put this research into practice by providing a measure of program quality. This article describes Gendreau and Andrews's Correctional Program Assessment Inventory (CPAI) as one example of an evaluability assessment tool that is designed to ascertain how well programs are meeting certain principles of effective intervention. It also reports the results of CPAIs conducted on 86 treatment programs. The results indicate that these programs are not adequately incorporating the principles into their correctional programming. Common shortcomings are discussed, and potential resolutions are offered.

scholarly journals Once a Criminal Always a Criminal? A 15-Year Analysis of Recidivism Among Female Prisoners in Massachusetts

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli ◽  
Maureen Norton-Hawk ◽  
Nicole Usher
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Valuable Addition ◽  
Correctional Programming ◽  
Youthful Offenders ◽  
The Life Course

<p>The study of prisoner recidivism has long captured the interest of criminal justice researchers. Recidivism studies attempt to answer a variety of questions ranging from what are the characteristics of those who reoffend, what factors predict offender recidivism, and how long does a recidivist remain in the community before finding themselves in conflict with the law again. Unlike many studies that examine recidivism over a relatively short term – three to five years, this study investigates recidivism over a 15-year period among a group of female offenders released from a Massachusetts prison in 1995. Findings point to three propositions moving forward. First, correctional programming geared specifically toward youthful offenders might be necessary to promote desistance over the life course. Second, offender monitoring and accountability up to 36 months after release from incarceration may reduce the risk of re-offending. Third, studies with a follow-up period of ten years would be a valuable addition to the recidivism literature to advance our understanding of chronic offending among women.</p>

scholarly journals Anchoring Amongst the Waves: Discursive Constructions of Motherhood and Addiction

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-23
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Kilty ◽  
Erin Dej
Keyword(s):  
Drug Rehabilitation ◽  
Female Prisoners ◽  
Correctional Programming ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Good Mother ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Discursive Constructions

The authors problematize essentialized notions of motherhood both ideologically and through criminalized women’s accounts of correctional programming discourses that engage these notions as a way to foster “motherhood as praxis.” Using data from interviews conducted with former female prisoners, we analyze how substance using mothers invoke the concept of a “good” mother by negotiating its meaning through techniques of self-surveillance and the surveillance of other criminalized mothers. Women use this renegotiated identity as inspiration to move away from activities in conflict with motherhood, such as using drugs and/or alcohol. Correctional authorities in drug rehabilitation programs encourage women to use motherhood as an “anchor” upon which to stop using and the women appeal to this identity to responsibilize their actions. Dichotomizing conceptualizations of a selfless, nurturing, and chaste mother with an addict identity is in fact a precarious rehabilitation tactic. We hypothesize that women who feel they cannot live up to the idealized notion of motherhood might use drugs to cope with feelings of inadequacy, a point that requires further research. Using a framework where motherhood is the key to recovery not only reinforces the addict identity should a woman relapse, it necessarily indicates failure as a mother.

Evidence-Based or Just Promising? Lessons Learned in Taking Inventory of State Correctional Programming

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Campbell ◽  
Mia J. Abboud ◽  
Zachary K. Hamilton ◽  
Jacqueline vanWormer ◽  
Brianne Posey
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Correctional Programming

Domestic Violence Treatment in Colorado: An Overview of an Evidence-Based Approach

Partner Abuse ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-291
Author(s):  
Dana L. Radatz ◽  
Jesse Hansen ◽  
Carolina Thomasson
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
State Standards ◽  
The State ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Treatment Model ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Correctional Programming ◽  
Domestic Violence Treatment

In 2010, the State of Colorado revised its state standards to create consistency across the state for its domestic violence (DV) cases by placing emphasis on the integration of evidence-based practices into its DV treatment programming. Since then, Colorado has established a three-tiered differential treatment model informed by the principles of effective intervention (PEI), an evidence-based framework found in correctional programming. This article reviews the PEI framework, outlines the emerging research that explores the principles among DV offenders and their treatment, and provides an overview of Colorado's differentiated DV treatment model. Policy and research considerations are also discussed.

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