scholarly journals Connectedness to the criminal community and the community at large predicts 1-year post-release outcomes among felony offenders

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna B. Folk ◽  
Debra Mashek ◽  
June Tangney ◽  
Jeffrey Stuewig ◽  
Kelly E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Felony Offenders

Constructing Felony Sentencing Guidelines in an Already Crowded State: Oregon Breaks New Ground

1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Bogan
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Sentencing Guidelines ◽  
Felony Offenders

A dozen states and the federal government now use systems for the sentencing of felony offenders which they call sentencing guidelines. The guidelines vary considerably: Many are voluntary rather than mandatory, some cover a limited group of felonies only, and most are developed independently of any consideration of existing state correctional capacity. In 1989, Oregon, one of the newest of the sentencing guidelines states, borrowed some ideas from Minnesota, one of the oldest guidelines states, to develop felony sentencing guidelines for a state with already overcrowded corrections facilities. Crime & Delinquency asked the director of Oregon's Criminal Justice Council to share her state's experiences.

Discretion and the Determinate Sentence: Its Distribution, Control, and Effect on Time Served

1978 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd R. Clear ◽  
John D. Hewitt ◽  
Robert M. Regoli
Keyword(s):  
Penal Code ◽  
Correctional Staff ◽  
Felony Offenders ◽  
Determinate Sentencing ◽  
Time Served ◽  
Substantial Control ◽  
Prison Populations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

Sentencing reformers have criticized current sentencing practices as abusive and as rooted in untenable assumptions. While many different approaches have been suggested, most reformers agree that changes must (1) reduce or eliminate the discretion available to those responsible for sentencing and (2) reduce or eliminate discrepancies in sentences, while (3) not resulting in an unreasonable increase in prison populations. Recently, the Indiana legislature passed a new penal code which, among other changes, established a determinate sentencing structure. An analysis of this code suggests that the intent of most sentencing reformers may not have been met by this new law. The potential for discretion has not been reduced; in fact, prosecutors may now have more power to manipulate the sanctions imposed. Substantial control over the sentence has been placed in the hands of correctional staff through credit time provisions. And projection of the impact of this penalty scheme indicates that sentences may be almost 50 percent longer for some first-time felony offenders. It is concluded that many of the code's problems could be eliminated by reduc ing the length of prison sentences.

Community service and community connections: Variation among felony offenders

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Mashek ◽  
Emi Furukawa ◽  
Claudia Reyes ◽  
June Tangney
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Community Connections ◽  
Felony Offenders

Realignment and Recidivism

2016 ◽  
Vol 664 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Bird ◽  
Ryken Grattet
Keyword(s):  
Crime Control ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Local Variation ◽  
System Response ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Felony Offenders ◽  
National Conversation ◽  
Important Relationship ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Local Realignment

California’s 2011 Public Safety Realignment created an unprecedented policy experiment by transferring the authority over lower-level felony offenders from the state correctional system to fifty-eight county jail and probation systems. While centered in California, these changes are reflective of an ongoing national conversation about the appropriate level of government at which to focus crime control efforts. In this article, we first situate Realignment in criminological and sociolegal literatures, showing how the reform offers opportunities to further inquiry as to the effectiveness of a wide variety of correctional strategies, implementation, and local variation in correctional law and policy. We then review early research focused on the statewide effect of Realignment on recidivism, which has produced mixed findings depending on the measure of recidivism applied. We then examine variation in recidivism outcomes across county sites and present findings that indicate there is an important relationship between local Realignment implementation strategies and recidivism outcomes. Throughout, we focus on two overarching themes. The first is the challenge of disentangling the roles of offender behavior from justice system response in meaningfully interpreting changes in recidivism outcomes. The second is the challenge of evaluating the effects of policy or practice changes under limited data. Although the need for better and more expansive data is a common theme, we highlight it here in the context of a larger data collection that we have under way.

scholarly journals The Effect of Horticultural Community Service Programs on Recidivism

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Holmes ◽  
Tina M. Waliczek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Felony Offenders ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
Community Service Programs ◽  
Total Average Cost

The average cost of housing a single inmate in the United States is roughly $31,286 per year, bringing the total average cost states spend on corrections to more than $50 billion per year. Statistics show 1 in every 34 adults in the United States is under some form of correctional supervision; and after 3 years, more than 4 in 10 prisoners return to custody. The purpose of this study was to determine the availability of opportunities for horticultural community service and whether there were differences in incidences of recurrences of offenses/recidivism of offenders completing community service in horticultural vs. nonhorticultural settings. Data were collected through obtaining offender profile probation revocation reports, agency records, and community service supervision reports for one county in Texas. The sample included both violent and nonviolent and misdemeanor and felony offenders. Offenders who completed their community service in horticultural or nonhorticultural outdoor environments showed lower rates of recidivism compared with offenders who completed their community service in nonhorticultural indoor environments and those who had no community service. Demographic comparisons found no difference in incidence of recidivism in comparisons of offenders based on gender, age, and the environment in which community service was served. In addition, no difference was shown in incidence of recidivism in comparisons based on offenders with misdemeanor vs. felony charges. The results and information gathered support the continued notion that horticultural activities can play an important role in influencing an offender’s successful reentry into society.

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Felony Drug Offenders: A Five-Year Recidivism Report

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1089-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Little ◽  
Kenneth D. Robinson ◽  
Katherine D. Burnette
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Treated Group ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Drug Offenders ◽  
Moral Reconation Therapy ◽  
Felony Offenders

70 male felony offenders treated with the cognitive behavioral approach of Moral Reconation Therapy during and after reincarceration were assessed for reincarceration and rearrests five years after their release. They were compared to a nontreated control group of 82 male felony offenders. Reincarceration in the treated group (37.1%) was significantly lower than recidivism in controls (54.9%). Also, the treated group showed fewer rearrests and fewer days of additional sentence.

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