Targeting intensive job assistance to <scp>ex‐offenders</scp> by the nature of offense: Results from a randomized control trial

Bollinger, Christopher R.; Yelowitz, Aaron

doi:10.1111/ecin.12984

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“…Obtaining the necessary basic needs is integral to re-entering society successfully. Research has identified the following categories as essential basic needs: positive social supports (Denney et al, 2014), comprehensive social services (Visher & Travis, 2011), employment and education training (Shivy et al, 2007), stable housing (Bowman & Ely, 2020), transportation (Bollinger & Yelowitz, 2021), and assistance with unpaid child support debt (National Conference of State Legislature [NCSL], 2017).…”

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Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation

Daniels

2023

Journal of Social Work

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Summary Black fathers with histories of incarceration and trauma have multiple stressors that interfere with their ability to navigate life in the community, parent their children, and develop self-parenting skills that promote the healthy regulation of their emotions. The origins of these stressors are connected to racism, masculine stereotypes, and histories of trauma. Improving these skills has the potential to put fathers in control of their response to life distress instead of feeling controlled by it. This study sought to examine the Evidence Informed Fatherhood Program (EIFP) and its efficacy as defined by the rates of recidivism, parental engagement, life distress, emotional regulation, and basic needs attainment. The sample comprised 551 fathers (N = 551), most of whom were Black (n = 534), drawn from administrative data from Father's UpLift. The study examined the effectiveness of the program by studying the change in scores at three points in time, namely during the baseline entry into the program, and three and six months after entry. Findings The baseline findings showed that about 95% of all participants needed assistance with basic needs, including obtaining housing, employment, and bank accounts. The results showed a statistically significant and dramatic decrease in life distress scores and an equally dramatic increase in emotional regulation scores. Applications The findings show that EIFP is effective in helping Black fathers gain self-parenting skills, address the trauma they experience as Black men in a racialized society, and reduce recidivism among them.

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Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation

Daniels

2023

Journal of Social Work

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“…Such reentry programs based on daily or almost-daily contact with the participants, with meals provided as part of program attendance, allow an opportunity to randomize participants into a TAU condition versus an experimental condition that includes the same meals, just with microbiome-friendly food variations like fermented versus nonfermented milk beverages. When these programs are assessed in a randomized trial, random assignment of ex-offenders into the program versus a standard probation/parole as a TAU control provides the most rigorous test of program effectiveness(Bollinger & Yelowitz, 2021;Cook et al, 2015;Pettus-Davis et al, 2016).In such cases, a third arm can be added to the standard evaluation protocol as a relatively easy way to perform an important test of microbiome enhancement in addition to the standard test ofprogram effectiveness. Instead of a two-way randomization (TAU/ control and program), a three-way randomization can be F I G U R E 2 Two types of modified randomized trials of violence prevention programs including the test of a probiotic intervention: (a) a full, four-arm study and (b) a partial, three-arm study.…”

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Dietary interventions, the gut microbiome, and aggressive behavior: Review of research evidence and potential next steps

Tcherni-Buzzeo

2022

Aggressive Behavior

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Research in biosocial criminology and other related disciplines has established links between nutrition and aggressive behavior. In addition to observational studies, randomized trials of nutritional supplements like vitamins, omega‐3 fatty acids, and folic acid provide evidence of the dietary impact on aggression. However, the exact mechanism of the diet‐aggression link is not well understood. The current article proposes that the gut microbiome plays an important role in the process, with the microbiota–gut–brain axis serving as such a mediating mechanism between diet and behavior. Based on animal and human studies, this review synthesizes a wide array of research across several academic fields: from the effects of dietary interventions on aggression, to the results of microbiota transplantation on socioemotional and behavioral outcomes, to the connections between early adversity, stress, microbiome, and aggression. Possibilities for integrating the microbiotic perspective with the more traditional, sociologically oriented theories in criminology are discussed, using social disorganization and self‐control theories as examples. To extend the existing lines of research further, the article considers harnessing the experimental potential of noninvasive and low‐cost dietary interventions to help establish the causal impact of the gut microbiome on aggressive behavior, while adhering to the high ethical standards and modern research requirements. Implications of this research for criminal justice policy and practice are essential: not only can it help determine whether the improved gut microbiome functioning moderates aggressive and violent behavior but also provide ways to prevent and reduce such behavior, alone or in combination with other crime prevention programs.

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Does Nothing Stop a Bullet Like a Job? The Effects of Income on Crime

Ludwig,

schnepel

2024

SSRN Journal

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Targeting intensive job assistance to ex‐offenders by the nature of offense: Results from a randomized control trial

Cited by 4 publications

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Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation

Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation

Dietary interventions, the gut microbiome, and aggressive behavior: Review of research evidence and potential next steps

Does Nothing Stop a Bullet Like a Job? The Effects of Income on Crime

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