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  • 022179

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  • Published 2007.
  • 24 pages.

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An Impact Assessment of the Prolific and Other Priority Offender Programme

Publication year: 2007 | Cataloged on: Mar. 29, 2007
ANNOTATION: The use of the Prolific and other Priority Offender (PPO) programme to prioritize and direct resources to that "small number of offenders [who] are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime" is evaluated (p. iv). Sections following an executive summary include: introduction to PPOs and the program; method section; results; discussion; and an appendix about Propensity Score Matching (PSM). There has been a 43% reduction in the rate of convictions following PPO participation.
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