TY - JOUR
T1 - Prisoner reentry programming
T2 - Who recidivates and when?
AU - Severson, Margaret E.
AU - Bruns, Kimberly
AU - Veeh, Christopher
AU - Lee, Jaehoon
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This article provides the results of a multi-year evaluation of one state's prison reentry program and its impact on the success of offender participants as measured by certain recidivism outcomes, defined here as yielding a positive urinalysis, returning to prison, and having a new conviction. Using propensity score matching, the recidivism outcomes of an equivalent comparison group are also presented. A discussion of the plausible reasons why reentry program participants returned to prison earlier and in greater numbers is provided, and recommendations for additional evaluation strategies are proposed.
AB - This article provides the results of a multi-year evaluation of one state's prison reentry program and its impact on the success of offender participants as measured by certain recidivism outcomes, defined here as yielding a positive urinalysis, returning to prison, and having a new conviction. Using propensity score matching, the recidivism outcomes of an equivalent comparison group are also presented. A discussion of the plausible reasons why reentry program participants returned to prison earlier and in greater numbers is provided, and recommendations for additional evaluation strategies are proposed.
KW - Offenders
KW - Program evaluation
KW - Recidivism
KW - Reentry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052148031&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10509674.2011.582931
DO - 10.1080/10509674.2011.582931
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052148031
VL - 50
SP - 327
EP - 348
JO - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
SN - 1050-9674
IS - 6
ER -