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Recidivism

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  • Factors Related to Recidivism for Youthful Offenders (2013)

    Little is known about youth who were previously placed in a detention facility and what factors predict a subsequent recidivism to placement.

  • Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other Outcomes for Young Adults in the Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems (2015)

    This brief, from the CSG Justice Center, is designed to help state and local officials better support young adults in the justice system.

  • Dos and Don’ts for Reducing Recidivism Among Young Adults in the Justice System (2017)

    This resource presents a concrete list of dos and don’ts that policymakers and justice system leaders can use to guide policy and practice changes

  • Mentoring Best Practices Research: Effectiveness of Juvenile Mentoring Programs on Recidivism: Final Report (2017)

    This report presents findings from a project in which researchers examined six mentoring programs in Ohio to better understand their impact on reci

  • Effective Strategies for Preventing Recidivism Among Juveniles (2015)

    This paper will discuss recidivism among juveniles, primarily aged 12-18 years old, and evaluate which methods best prevent recidivism.

  • Preventing Juvenile Transitions to Adult Crime: A Pilot Study of Probation Interventions for Older, High-Risk Juvenile Delinquents (2019)

    This pilot study compared the recidivism risks of older, high-risk juvenile probationers exposed or unexposed to an experimental case-management in

  • The Effectiveness of Prison Programming: A Review of the Research Literature Examining the Impact of Federal, State, and Local Inmate Programming on Post-Release Recidivism (2019)

    "The First Step Act underscores the significance of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) programming as a strategy to reduce recidivism, offering sentence-reduc