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Recidivism of Federal Offenders Released in 2010

United States Sentencing Commission, September 2021

Custodial Sanctions and Reoffending: A Meta-Analytic Review

Damon M. Petrich, Travis C. Pratt, Cheryl Lero Jonson, and Francis T. Cullen, September 2021

Implementing Specialized Caseloads to Reduce Recidivism for People with Co-Occurring Disorders

Haneberg, Risë, 2021

Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 34 States in 2012: A 5-Year Follow-Up Period (2012–2017)

Durose, Matthew R.; Antenangeli, Leonardo Ph.D., BJS Statisticians, 2021

Does in-prison physical and mental health impact recidivism?

Danielle Wallace, Xia Wang, August 2020

Length of Incarceration and Recidivism

United States Sentencing Commission, 2020

Does specialized psychological treatment for offending reduce recidivism? A meta-analysis examining staff and program variables as predictors of treatment effectiveness

Theresa A. Gannon, Mark E. Olver, Jaimee S. Mallion, Mark James, 2019

Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits

Abt Associates, 2019

Recidivism of Felony Offenders in California

Public Policy Institute of California, 2019

CONFINED AND COSTLY How Supervision Violations Are Filling Prisons and Burdening Budgets

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center (2019)

Unemployment shocks for individuals on the margin: Exploring recidivism effects

Siwach, Garima, 2018

Does providing inmates with education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of correctional education programs in the United States

Bozick, Robert; Steele, Jennifer; Davis, Lois; Turner, Susan, 2018

Exploring the Relationship Between Cumulative Trauma and Recidivism Among Older Adults: Does Race and Offense History Matter

Maschi, Tina, 2018

Strengthening Correctional Culture: Eight Ways Corrections Leaders Can Support Their Staff to Reduce Recidivism

National Reentry Resource Center (2018)

The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison 

Gelb, Adam, Velázquez, Tracy (2018)

2018 Update on Prisoner Recidivism: A 9-Year Follow-Up Period (2005-2014)

Alper, Mariel, Durose, Matthew R.

The Effectiveness of Education and Employment Programming for Prisoners

Duwe, Grant, 2018

Recidivism Reconsidered: Preserving the Community Justice Mission of Community Corrections

Butts, Jeffrey A., Schiraldi, Vincent, 2018

The accuracy, fairness, and limits of predicting recidivism

Dressel, Julia, Farid, Hany, 2018

Information on Inmates with Serious Mental Illness and Strategies to Reduce Recidivism

GAO, 2018

Criminal background checks and recidivism: Bounding the causal impact

Siwach, Garima, 2017

Comparison of Recidivism Studies: AOUSC, USSC, and BJS

Johnson, James L., 2017

Mentoring Best Practices Research: Effectiveness of Juvenile Mentoring Programs on Recidivism

Duriez, Stephanie A., Sullivan, Carrie, Sullivan, Christopher J., Manchak, Sarah M., Latessa, Edward J., 2017

Does Inmate Behavior Affect Post-Release Offending?: Investigating the Misconduct-Recidivism Relationship among Youth and Adults

Cochran, Joshua C., Mears, Daniel P., Bales, William D., Stewart, Eric A. (2014)