Effects of Community Reintegration on Rates of Recidivism - A Statistical Overview of Data for the Years of 1971 Through 1982

• NCJ Number: 97563
• Author(s): D P LeClair
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 34 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report provides a general overview of Massachusetts recidivism data for the period 1971 through 1982, presents data on trends for which a control for program selection biases has been performed, and reviews the data patterns discerned in terms of extended followup periods.

Abstract

Analysis reveals the occurrence of a systematic reduction in the recidivism rates from 1971 through 1978; the 1979 and 1980 releasee populations represent the first statistically significant increase in recidivism rates in a 9-year period. Results of recidivism studies indicate that individuals who had experienced a furlough prior to release from prison had significantly lower rates of recidivism than individuals who had not. Finally, individuals released from medium- or minium-security institutions had significantly lower rates of recidivism than did those released from maximum-security institutions. Fourteen tables illustrate the data. Included are 28 references.