This book examines the underlying the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. The book investigates criminal recidivism, and why, and for how long an individual continues to commit crimes, whist also reviewing knowledge about risk assessment and the role of psychopathy…
This book examines the underlying the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. The book investigates criminal recidivism, and why, and for how long an individual continues to commit crimes, whist also reviewing knowledge about risk assessment and the role of psychopathy…
This study focuses on exploring the predictive validity of the Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 scale (HCR-20) in the assessment of the risk of general and violent recidivism in a sample of 22 adult males with a serious mental disorder who have committed a sex offense in t…
This study uses data from HopeWorks, a Christian, faith-based vocational program inside the Shelby County Division of Corrections in Memphis, Tennessee, to examine factors affecting reentry success. Specifically, this research examines how spirituality – using measures that asse…
Previous work has found that although mental illness is positively related to offending behavior, it is a fairly poor predictor of aggression, violence, offending, and recidivism after controlling for sociodemographic and historical risk factors (i.e., criminal history, age, rac…
Throughout history and in every culture and country, animals and humans have formed special bonds often as pets. Well trained pets have often been used in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) programs in hospitals and nursing homes to help patients cope with illnesses and recovery whil…
Criminal conduct has been discussed and in existence since the earliest times of civilization. Due to this longstanding history of deviousness, there is a significant number of varying definitions as to what actually constitutes ‘Criminal Behavior’ (Andrews & Bonta, 2010). Today…
The recidivism rates for formerly incarcerated women in the United States is as high as seventy-five percent. With rates that are higher than most industrialized nations, the church and its faith leaders who work with the incarcerated through their respective congregations, have…
Recidivism is a substantial problem in the United States due to the number of paroles/probationers reoffending. The U.S. prison system has become the new asylum and a revolving door for individuals, which is even more true for those with substance use disorders (SUDs). Once thes…
Researchers have found that seventy-seven percent of the persons released from prison will be rearrested within five years of their release. Most recently, the national recidivism rate among offenders released from prison is sixty percent, and most offenders released from prison…
The present study utilized a secondary data analysis to examine the influence of a history of exposure to childhood trauma on recidivism rates among probationers with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse diagnoses. The data was collected from January 1, 2009 to Septemb…
Research has long documented racial and economic disparities in imprisonment and the recidivism rate. Despite studies that suggest these disparities cannot be fully explained by differential involvement in crime, scholars have not paid enough attention to how individual characte…
Over 200,000 women were incarcerated in 2015, constituting approximately 9% of the U.S. prison population (Kaeble & Glaze, 2016). Best practices call for individualized services upon release in hopes of successful reentry into society (Freudenberg, 2006). Much funding and effort…
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects millions of people in the United States, causing negative generational consequences to the victim and the community. The criminal justice system has increased its preventative strategies to combat this issue through mandatory arrest laws a…
Risk prediction for youths’ sexual recidivism has concentrated on juveniles with a history of sex offense (JHS). This predetermined target population spawned the practical convention that risk assessment instruments are developed with, and applied to, JHS. While JHS are not the …