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Prisoner Reentry Programming: Who Recidivates and When?

NCJ Number
237593
Author(s)
Margaret E. Severson; Kimberly Bruns; Christopher Veeh; Jaehoon Lee
Date Published
2011
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This article reviews a multi-year evaluation of one State's prison reentry program and its impact on the success of offender participants.
Abstract
This article provides the results of a multi-year evaluation of one State's prison reentry program and its impact on the success of offender participants as measured by certain recidivism outcomes, defined here as yielding a positive urinalysis, returning to prison, and having a new conviction. Using propensity score matching, the recidivism outcomes of an equivalent comparison group are also presented. A discussion of the plausible reasons why reentry program participants returned to prison earlier and in greater numbers is provided, and recommendations for additional evaluation strategies are proposed. (Published Abstract)