RT Article
T1 Effectively training community supervision officers: a meta-analytic review of the impact on offender outcome
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 42
IS 10
SP 977
OP 989
A1 Chadwick, Nick
A2 Dewolf, Angela
A2 Serin, Ralph C.
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885090471
AB The development and implementation of training programs aimed at increasing community supervision officers? use of core correctional practices served as the focus of this review. Studies that evaluated the effect that officer training had on offender outcome were included in the review. Based on 10 studies (N = 8,335), this meta-analysis found that when offenders were supervised by officers who received training in core correctional practices, they demonstrated reductions in recidivism (odds ratio [OR] = 1.48) compared with those offenders supervised by the status quo. The results support further use of such training programs and emphasize the benefit to public safety as well as the fiscal savings that can result from sound implementation. However, this was an initial review, and further research is needed to confirm and extend these findings.
K1 core correctional practices
K1 Meta-analysis
K1 offender outcome
K1 officer training
K1 Recidivism
DO 10.1177/0093854815595661