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NCJ 216639
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Title:
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Studying the Effects of Incarceration on Offending Trajectories: An Information-Theoretic Approach
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Author(s):
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Avinash Singh Bhati
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Corporate Author:
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The Urban Institute
United States
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Date Published:
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07/2006 |
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Page Count:
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105 |
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Grant Number:
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2005-IJ-CX-0008 |
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
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Agency Summary:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04578 |
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Type:
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Studies/research reports |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This study developed a research method that used criminal history to determine whether, and to what extent, incarceration deterred offenders from reoffending; the method was applied to a "real-world" dataset. |
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Abstract:
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The use of criminal history prior to incarceration was found to be a reliable predictor of whether or not incarceration would deter reoffending within 3 years after release. Application of this model to the "real-world" dataset found that for 56 percent of the offender sample, incarceration had a deterrent effect, i.e., their postrelease rearrest pattern showed a downward departure from what would have been expected based on their criminal history before incarceration. Forty percent of the offenders conformed to the postrelease offending predicted from their criminal history before incarceration, i.e., incarceration interrupted (incapacitation) their criminal-career trajectories, but did not alter the expected normal trajectory predicted from prior criminal history. For 4 percent of offenders, incarceration increased postrelease reoffending beyond what was predicted from their criminal history. Being older at release and having a plateau of offending prior to incarceration increased the likelihood that incarceration deterred reoffending. Having more prior accumulated arrests and having a later age at first arrest were both found to decrease significantly the likelihood of incarceration's deterrent effect. Being released to supervision did not significantly deter reoffending. These findings suggest that the proposed analysis of criminal history prior to incarceration enables corrections practitioners to identify who is and is not likely to be deterred from postrelease reoffending. Recommendations for future research are offered. Dated arrest histories of a sample of approximately 38,000 prisoners released in 1994 from prisons in 15 States were used to test the research method. 31 tables, 8 figures, 56 references, and appended model estimates and sample SAS code |
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Main Term(s):
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Corrections effectiveness |
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Index Term(s):
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Effects of imprisonment ; Deterrence ; Deterrence effectiveness ; Recidivism prediction ; Criminal career patterns ; NIJ final report |
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