The Effects of Social Services on Probationer Recidivism: a Field Experiment

Lichtman, Cary M.; Smock, Sue Marx

doi:10.1177/002242788101800105

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“…However, there was little difference in the percentage reconvicted (30 versus 32 percent) after one year (Folkard et al 1974;Folkard, Smith, and Smith 1976). Similar results were obtained in a Wayne County, Michigan, experiment by Lichtman and Smock (1981) that included only male probationers.…”

Section: E Community Experimentssupporting

confidence: 79%

A Half Century of Randomized Experiments on Crime and Justice

Farrington¹,

Welsh²

2006

Crime and Justice

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Section: E Community Experimentssupporting

confidence: 79%

A Half Century of Randomized Experiments on Crime and Justice

Farrington¹,

Welsh²

2006

Crime and Justice

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“…Only recently have they been used to study criminal behavior (Stollmach and Harris, 1974;Maltz and McCleary, 1977;Schmidt and Witte, 1980;Lichtman and Smock, 1981;Wheeler and Hissong, 1988; see Kalbfleisch and Prentice, 1980 or Cox and Oakes, 1984, for a detailed discussion of survival time analysis).…”

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A Survival Time Analysis of Criminal Sanctions for Misdemeanor Offenders

Wheeler

Hissong

1988

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Since misdemeanor offenders may significantly contribute to local jail overcrowding, it is incumbent upon criminal justice policy makers to explore alternatives to incarceration for society's less serious offenders. In order to address the feasibility of adopting a policy of alternative sanctions for general misdemeanor offenders, the investigators conducted a three year longitudinal study of minor offenders sentenced to fine, probation, and jail in a large southwest urban jurisdiction (Houston, Texas). The most salient finding was the emergence of probation as a superior sanction. Utilizing traditional chi-square analysis, probation exhibited the lowest recidivism rate. Employing recently developed survival time analysis, probationers had a significantly higher probability of not recidivating than jailed offenders during the study period. The authors conclude by discussing the policy implications of these findings. ccording to Bureau of Justice statistics (1986), more than one-A fifth of local jails in jurisdictions with large inmate populations were under federal court order to reduce the number of inmates they house. Of the nation's jails surveyed, overall occupancy was 90% of the rated capacity. While little information is available on the number of misdemeanor offenders serving sentences in local jails, one large local jail (Harris County, Texas) reported that 25% of its more than 4,600 inmates were misdemeanor offenders (Harris County Sheriff Depart-

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“…The police complaint data are likely to be the most indicative official estimate of illegal activities because these data are likely to reflect the least amount of official discretion (cf. Byles, 1981;Lichtman and Smock, 1981).…”

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The Effects of a Multi-Facetted Intervention on the Offense Activities of Juvenile Probationers

Minor¹,

Elrod²

1990

Journal of Offender Counseling Services Rehabilitation

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This study investigated whether expanding juvenile court services to include job preparation, outdoor experiential, and family skill building components would significantly reduce the offense activities of probationers in comparison to the effects of traditional probation supervision. The intervention sought to curtail illegal activities by enhancing integration to conventional social institutions as well as by transforming the negative influence of the delinquent peer group. Client attendance and participation were monitored throughout the project. Self-rcported delinquency and official offense data derived from a two-factor experimental pretest-posttest design indicated that the intervention failed to yield the desired effects over an 18 month follow-up period. The only significant result was the finding that select experimental subjecls with extensive backgrounds of crime displayed fewer offenses during the

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The Effects of Social Services on Probationer Recidivism: a Field Experiment

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

A Half Century of Randomized Experiments on Crime and Justice

A Half Century of Randomized Experiments on Crime and Justice

A Survival Time Analysis of Criminal Sanctions for Misdemeanor Offenders

The Effects of a Multi-Facetted Intervention on the Offense Activities of Juvenile Probationers

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