Offender Reentry and Cognitive Intervention : Propensity Score Matching Utility for Outcome Assessment /

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The mass incarceration policies of recent decades have created the corresponding realization that the vast majority of these individuals will someday be released back into society. Failure to properly prepare these individuals for their return to society will result in a large number of these indivi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balusek, Ken, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
©2014
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Criminals > Rehabilitation > United States.
Recidivism > United States > Prevention.
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > United States.
Réhabilitation > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Criminals > Rehabilitation
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization
Recidivism > Prevention
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The mass incarceration policies of recent decades have created the corresponding realization that the vast majority of these individuals will someday be released back into society. Failure to properly prepare these individuals for their return to society will result in a large number of these individuals returning to prison. This research uses propensity score matching to create comparison groups in order to evaluate a cognitive intervention program designed to reduce recidivism. Survival analysis reveals that offenders who completed the program were less likely to recidivate and their surviva.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (161 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327798
159332779X
1593327234
9781593327231

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