RT Article
T1 Do ecological effects on recidivism vary by gender, race, or housing type?
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 64
IS 6
SP 782
OP 806
A1 McNeeley, Susan M.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578210267
AB Several studies show that recidivism is influenced by the context of neighborhoods in which offenders live after leaving prison. However, the research on this topic is mixed, with many studies finding inconsistent or null neighborhood effects. This study addresses this inconsistency by examining whether neighborhoods affect recidivism differently based on offenders’ housing situation or personal characteristics (i.e., gender, race). The results of the multilevel logistic regression analyses show that neighborhood characteristics were significantly related to rearrest among minority offenders but not White offenders, and among offenders living in private residential housing but not those living in community-based facilities. These results help to explain the mixed findings in the literature and highlight the complexity of the relationship between neighborhood context and recidivism.
K1 Recidivism
K1 Reentry,
K1 Social disorganization theory
K1 Minorities
DO 10.1177/0011128717714425