RT Article
T1 Recidivism in Context: A Meta-Analysis of Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage and Repeat Offending
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 49
IS 6
SP 783
OP 806
A1 Jacobs, Leah A.
A2 Ashcraft, Laura Ellen
A2 Sewall, Craig J. R.
A2 Wallace, Danielle
A2 Folb, Barbara L.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800608373
AB This study meta-analytically examined the effect of macro-level concentrated disadvantage on individual-level recidivism. Search results indicated research to date is designed to assess the incremental effect of concentrated disadvantage on recidivism above other risk factors. Using a multilevel random effects model, we found the estimated incremental effect of concentrated disadvantage was nonsignificant (log odds ratio = 0.03, p = .15, k = 48). However, effects varied by recidivism and offense type. Concentrated disadvantage does not add incremental utility when predicting general recidivism, but it does add incremental utility when assessing arrests (especially drug arrests) and violent reconvictions. Although individual-level risk factors and markers seem to explain most of the relationship between concentrated disadvantage and reoffending, concentrated disadvantage should not be summarily dismissed as irrelevant to recidivism. The overrepresentation of disadvantaged neighborhoods among the justice-involved—and the overrepresentation of the justice-involved in disadvantaged neighborhoods—requires further research on the disadvantage–recidivism relationship.
K1 Parole
K1 Community supervision
K1 Theory
K1 Recidivism
K1 Meta-analysis
DO 10.1177/00938548221076094