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...Nora V. Demleitner Abstract Recidivism is now the guiding principle of punishment and has become the new hallmark of criminal justice reform, as reflected in the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s recidivism project. So far, the Commission has issued three reports in 2020 alone, which outline...

...Dennis Curtis © The Ohio State University Panel IV: Accomplishing the Purposes of SentencingÐ Criminal History and Recidivism Notes from the Symposium Organizers The U.S. Sente ncing Commis sion has a his toric opportunity after its Þrst Þfteen years to fulÞll its promis e to revie w new data...

...Jeffery T. Ulmer; Christine Van Asten © The Ohio State University Restrictive Intermediate Punishments and Recidivism in Pennsylvania JEFFERY T. ULMER, Ph.D. & CHRISTINE VAN ASTEN Jeffery T. Ulmer is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice, Penn State University...

... recidivism. It explores the development and expansion of ATI programs, which offer defendants charged in federal court the opportunity to participate in a formal judge-led multi-disciplinary team program that emphasizes community-based rehabilitative approaches that target root causes of criminal behavior...

...Patrick A. Langan, PhD; David J. Levin, PhD Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 PAT R I C K A . LANGAN, PH.D DAVID J. LEVIN, PH.D BJS Statisticians U.S. Department of Justice, Of® ce of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, June 2002, NCJ 193427 EditorÕs Note...

...Michael A. Wolff © The Ohio State University Missouri Provides Cost of Sentences and Recidivism Data: What Does Cost Have to Do with Justice? When the media reported in 2010 that Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission is listing the cost of each sentencing option on its website...

...Lynn S. Branham © The Ohio State University Follow the Leader: The Advisability and Propriety of Considering Cost and Recidivism Data at Sentencing When I learned that the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission had decided to provide judges with information comparing the financial costs...

...Collateral Consequences Resource Center Michigan Set-Asides Found to Increase Wages and Reduce Recidivism Preliminary results of an empirical study by two University of Michigan law professors show that setting aside an individual s record of conviction is associated with a signi cant increase...

... and Recidivism in Reentry? NATHAN W. LINK* Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University Camden I. Introduction In recent years, there has been a surge in research on legal nancial obligations (LFOs)1 and resulting criminal justice debt.2 This scholarship has clari ed the numerous ways in which...

...Ryan Cotter Length of Incarceration and Recidivism RYAN COTTER United States Sentencing Commission Washington, DC INTRODUCTION The United States Sentencing Commission ( the Commission ) began studying recidivism shortly after the enactment of the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) of 1984.1 Understanding...

...Tina M. Woehr; Allison L. Bruning Abstract The U.S. Sentencing Commission a report entitled “Length of Incarceration and Recidivism,” in 2022 examining a cohort of federally convicted incarcerated individuals released in 2010. It asserts that individuals sentenced to 60–120 months, as well as those...

...Elizabeth Berger; Kent S. Scheidegger Abstract In response to prison overcrowding concerns in recent years, many U.S. officials have undertaken efforts to reduce sentence lengths for certain crimes. However, it is unclear how these changes affect recidivism rates. Among the research...

...PEW Public Safety Performance Project © The Ohio State University Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Return: Penalty Increases Enacted in 1980s and 1990s Have Not Reduced Drug Use or Recidivism PEW PUBLIC SAFETY PERFORMANCE PROJECT Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp...

...Michael Tonry © The Ohio State University Legal and Ethical Issues in the Prediction of Recidivism Predictions of offending and classi cations of offenders are inexorably connected. Sometimes the predictions are used to sort people into risk categories that can in uence decisions about...

...Kim Steven Hunt; Andrew Peterson Recidivism Among Offenders Receiving Retroactive Sentence Reductions: The 2007 Crack Cocaine Amendment In 2007, the United States Sentencing Commission amended the Drug Quantity Table in section 2D1.1 of the sentencing guidelines1 for offenses involving crack...

...M. Casey Rodgers Evidence-Based Supervision in the Northern District of Florida: Risk Assessment, Behavior Modi cation, and Prosocial Support Promising Ingredients for Lowering Recidivism of Federal Offenders Sentencing people to prison is by far the most dif cult part of a judge s job. The drama...

...Matthew G. Rowland © The Ohio State University Projecting Recidivism Rates for Federal Drug Offenders Released Early from Prison The federal government prosecutes and convicts nearly 25,000 people a year for drug crimes.1 The most common sentencing option is prison, and drug offenders...

... to more rigorously and successfully reintegrate offenders and significantly reduce recidivism. Legislation containing ReSTART was first introduced in the 106th Congress by Congressman John Conyers, then ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.2 Slightly different versions of the legislation were...

...Michael A. Wolff © The Ohio State University Lock Em Up and Throw Away the Key? Cutting Recidivism by Analyzing Sentencing Outcomes MICHAEL A. WOLFF Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and chairman of the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission When we Americans argue issues of crime...

...Linda Drazga Maxfield Measuring Recidivism under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines LINDA DRAZGA MAXFIELD Senior Research Associate, Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Sentencing Commission This is a synopsis of a longer report presented to the U.S. Sentencing Commission and co-authored with Miles...