Examining the Impact of Ohio's Progressive Sanction Grid. Final report
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Nov. 20, 2008
ANNOTATION: Results are provided from an evaluation of post-prison progressive sanction guidelines. This report has these sections: abstract; executive summary; introduction; organization of report; empirical and theoretical foundations of graduated and progressive sanction models; the Ohio Progressive Sanction Grid and Violation Policy; research questions; research design and data sources; analytic strategy -- policy implementation; measures used in policy implementation analysis; results -- implementation analysis; analytic strategy -- offender-level recidivism; measures used in offender recidivism analysis; results -- offender-level recidivism analysis; summary of findings; and policy implication and study limitations. “The findings from the study suggest that progressive sanction regimes can serve as an important and seemingly cost-effective population management tool when revocation and incarceration resources are used in a parsimonious fashion and limited mostly to high risk offenders or those that pose public safety risks” (p. 55).