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Data Spotlight: Recidivism
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A document discussing the "wide-ranging definitions of recidivism, how recidivism relates to the escalating prison population, and an evaluation of the factors that influence outcomes for released offenders" is available at this website (p. 1). Topics covered include: definitions; crime rates; violent and property crime victimization trends 1973-2001; recidivism rates; why is the prison population going up?; adult correctional admissions, releases, and inmate populations 1990 and 2000; factors that affect recidivism; programs that reduce recidivism (e.g., correctional education, substance and drug abuse treatment, cognitive skills training, and re-entry programs); costs of recidivism; and the annual federal cost and recidivism rates contrasted.