Recidivism Among Drug Offenders: A Survival Analysis of the Effects of Offender Characteristics, Type of Offense, and Two Types of Intervention

• NCJ Number: 149265
• Journal: Journal of Quantitative Criminology Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1994) Pages: 159-179
• Author(s): J R Hepburn; C A Albonetti
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 89-DD-CS-0056
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NIJ Reprint

Annotation

This study examined the relative effect of drug consumption analysis on the time period to probation revocation petition and a probation revocation among offenders with a history of drug abuse.

Abstract

The data were collected on 718 probationers in Birmingham, Ala. Eighty-four percent were males, 66 percent were black, 48 percent received drug treatment and monitoring, and the other 52 percent received only drug monitoring. The data were analyzed using both parametric and nonparametric estimation procedures. Results indicated no difference between drug monitoring with treatment and drug monitoring along, for either of the two measures of recidivism. Findings also indicated that younger offenders and black offenders have a shorter time to a petition to revoke probation. Black offenders and offenders with prior arrest records also had shorter times to failure than did other offenders. Results offer empirical support for a reconsideration of the type of intervention that is effective in deterring offenders on probation. Tables, figures, and 31 references (Author abstract modified)