Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Crime and Criminal Justice Costs: Implications in Washington State

Aos, Steve; Miller, Marilyn; Drake, Elizabeth K.

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“…EBPs in the criminal justice context are interventions that have provided "strong evidence" of an impact on an individual's risk for re-offending, generally measured through repeated experiments or summarized through a meta-analysis process (Drake, Aos, & Miller, 2009;Lipsey & Wilson, 1998). Some scholars have questioned the narrow definition of 'evidence' in EBPs and policymakers' neglect of sociological perspectives and knowledge produced by methods other than quantitative or experimental designs (Goldson & Hughes, 2010;Rex, 2002;Sampson, 2010).…”

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Juvenile Corrections in the Era of Reform: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

Sankofa

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Fader

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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JUVENILE CORRECTIONS IN THE ERA OF REFORM 2In this paper, the authors synthesize knowledge from select qualitative studies examining rehabilitation-oriented juvenile residential corrections and aftercare programs. Using metasynthesis methodology, the authors extracted and coded content from 10 research studies conducted by five authors across criminology, sociology, and social welfare disciplines. The total number of published works based on those studies analyzed was 18. Collectively, these studies offer insight into three major components of the juvenile correctional experience: therapeutic treatment and evidence-based practices, the shaping of identities and masculinities, and preparation for reentry. This analysis is particularly important as the United States is currently in an era of reform during which policymakers are increasingly espousing the benefits of rehabilitation for youth offenders over punishment. These studies took place before during and after this era of reform, and yet the findings are surprisingly consistent over time, raising key questions about the effectiveness of the reform strategies. (Barton & Butts, 1990;Benda, 2001;Fagan, 1996;Hockenberry, Sickmund, & Sladky, 2011, Loughran et al., 2009Schneider, 1986).States interested in improving upon their conditions of confinement are often more likely to prioritize quantitative evaluations of their programming rather than qualitative studies about the landscape of confinement. The benefits of quantitative research may be more evident to policymakers because they appear to be more strongly rooted in positivist concerns with obtaining hard data about the relationships between interventions and recidivism rates, even though qualitative studies may be more effective in elucidating context-specific concerns as well as the contradictions and challenges of evidence-based practices.There are significant barriers to conducting scholarly research inside juvenile facilities Through meta-synthesis, this study contributes to existing knowledge about youth confinement by analyzing data from studies conducted in various regions of the U.S. The research collectively points to how these dimensions of facility life and experiences of reentry influence factors related to desistance from crime, such as young people's ability to access prosocial relationships with others, their sense of self-efficacy, and the structural conditions and barriers to change (Mulvey et al., 2004). Rather than focusing on the extremes of abuse, violence, and social control, this meta-synthesis examines some of the softer dimensions of life inside-the meanings of interventions in the lives of young people and their consequences for life after confinement; the role of institutional life in shaping identity; and the unique role that incarceration plays in young people's gender identity and performance. Background and Significance

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Juvenile Corrections in the Era of Reform: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

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Fader

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…2. Drake, Aos, and Miller (2009) developed a five-point scale with higher values indicating a stronger methodological design. A score of five was assigned to randomized-control studies.…”

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The New Scarlet Letter: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

Raphael¹

2014

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“…For many jurisdictions, investment into the development and delivery of rehabilitation programs has occurred in the context of relatively modest correctional budgets and the increasing demands that are placed on service providers from a growing prison population (Australian Government Productivity Commission 2009). However, public policy in this area is underpinned by the belief that rehabilitation programs can not only bring about socially significant reductions in crime, but also reduce the direct and indirect costs to the community that are associated with victimisation and incarceration (Drake et al 2009). This belief is supported by what is now a robust body of international research attesting to the positive impact of many rehabilitation programs on re-offending rates (Andrews & Bonta 2010) and, despite the lack of controlled outcome studies that have been reported involving Australian offenders (Heseltine et al 2011), is indicative of the growing government commitment to the notion of evidence-based correctional policy and practice.…”

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Assessing the Social Climate of Prisons

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Vess³

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Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Crime and Criminal Justice Costs: Implications in Washington State

Cited by 236 publications

References 7 publications

Juvenile Corrections in the Era of Reform: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

Juvenile Corrections in the Era of Reform: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

The New Scarlet Letter: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

Assessing the Social Climate of Prisons

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