NCJ Number
195956
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Dated: May/June 2002 Pages: 217-228
Date Published
May 2002
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This paper examined proportional hazard rate analysis of recidivism.
Abstract
This was a 3-year follow-up study of survival in the community without arrests or parole violations of 480 male graduates of the only boot camp for adults in Arkansas. The study's purpose was to: (1) determine what elements of a social selection model were related to recidivism among graduates of a boot camp; (2) examine what factors of a social causation model were predictive of recidivism among these graduates; (3) test the extent that correlations between sections of the social selection model and recidivism were attenuated by controlling for factors identified in the social causation; and (4) investigate whether the relations between factors in the social causation model and unlawful behavior were reduced by elements of the social selection model. The paper concludes that the convergence of elements of both the social selection and social causation models suggests that justice policies need to reflect intervention as well as alter criminal behavior. Tables, notes, references