Recidivism

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 focused on young adults in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.

This report presents findings from a project in which researchers examined six mentoring programs in Ohio to better understand their impact on recidivism. Youth on parole and probation who received mentoring services were matched with similar youth who did not receive mentoring services. While some reductions in recidivism were found, the differences were not statistically significant. The study looked at six Ohio mentoring programs and their impact on youth recidivism. Research questions explored whether mentoring services were effective in reducing delinquent and criminal reoffending, whether the impact of mentoring services differed based on youth characteristics, the impact of match quality on youth outcomes, and the impact of mentoring program quality on youth outcomes.

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

This pilot study compared the recidivism risks of older, high-risk juvenile probationers exposed or unexposed to an experimental case-management intervention to further the development of a supportive community intervention.

"The First Step Act underscores the significance of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) programming as a strategy to reduce recidivism, offering sentence-reduction incentives for eligible inmates participating in evidence-based recidivism reduction programs. This memorandum reviews existing research on the effects of prison programming at federal, state, and local levels to evaluate its evidence-based status. Three review strategies can establish evidentiary criteria for determining 'what works' in prison programming (Byrne and Luigio, 2009).