The Effectiveness of Parole Supervision: Use of Propensity Score Matching to Analyze Reincarceration Rates in Kentucky:

Recent years have seen increasing concerns about the importance of offender reentry and how to best facilitate ex-offenders remaining crimefree. Common responses have been to enhance punitiveness, and to decrease resources and support services for ex-offenders. Results have been consistently high le...

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Autor principal: Vito, Gennaro Francis (Autor)
Otros Autores: Tewksbury, Richard A. 1963- (Autor) ; Higgins, George E.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Criminal justice policy review
Año: 2017, Volumen: 28, Número: 7, Páginas: 627-640
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Community corrections
Correctional policy
Recidivism
Reentry
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Sumario:Recent years have seen increasing concerns about the importance of offender reentry and how to best facilitate ex-offenders remaining crimefree. Common responses have been to enhance punitiveness, and to decrease resources and support services for ex-offenders. Results have been consistently high levels of recidivism, and consequently increasingly punitive responses. The present study examines whether a cohort of offenders released to the community in Kentucky either under parole supervision or at the expiration of their sentences are more likely to be reincarcerated within a 5-year period. The participants of each cohort were constructed into two groups using propensity score matching to control for differences between them.
ISSN:1552-3586
DOI:10.1177/0887403415609717