HARVARD RECIDIVISM STUDY - IMPACT OF NEW COMMUNITY SYSTEM OPEN TO QUESTION - RESEARCHERS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC

• NCJ Number: 32287
• Journal: Corrections Magazine Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Dated: (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 21-23
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Correctional Information Service, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRELIMINARY DATA FROM A LONG-TERM STUDY OF RECIDIVISM RATES FOR MASSACHUSETTS JUVENILES BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION INDICATE THAT STATEWIDE RATES HAVE CHANGED LITTLE ALTHOUGH REGIONAL RATES HAVE VARIED.

Abstract

RESEARCHERS ARE REMAINING OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE, THEY SAY, THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE WORSE IN MASSACHUSETTS NOW THAN THEY WERE IN 1968 - THE YEAR FROM WHICH THE CONTROL GROUP OF INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILES WAS TAKEN. THE REASONS FOR THE WIDE REGIONAL VARIATION HAVE, SO FAR, DEFIED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. SOME OBSERVERS FEEL THAT WHEN DATA FOR BOSTON ARE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, THE STATEWIDE RECIDIVISM RATES WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. THE MAJOR CONCLUSION SEEMS TO BE THAT THE TYPE OF PROGRAM DOES NOT IMPACT AS MUCH ON RECIDIVISM RATES AS THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAM. SEE ALSO NCJ-32285, 32286, 32288, AND 32289.