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US Harrison, L. D. (2001). The revolving prison door for drug-

involved offenders: Challenges and opportunities.Crime & Delinquency, 47(3), 462-485. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5044238&db=aph "Note: This article examines the role of drugs in increasing the incarcerated population in the United States. Research is increasingly demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment for incarcerated populations in reducing recidivism and drug use, especially treatment in a therapeutic community (TC). Transitional services that include TC treatment in a work release setting greatly reduce recidivism and relapse, as do aftercare services. Although treatment options are increasing in prisons, there are many more who could benefit from treatment than receive it. Much remains unknown about how to best reach drug-involved offenders to stop the revolving door of drug addiction and incarceration. This article touches on many relevant areas ripe for further research" (Harrison, 2001, p. 462).

US Lanza-Kaduce, L., Parker, K. F., & Thomas, C. W. (1999). A

comparative recidivism analysis of releasees from private and public prisons. Crime & Delinquency, 45(1), 28-47. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=1412568&db=aph Note: This study compares the recidivism rates of groups of releasees from privately and publicly operated prisons. Details on the study; Subsequent offenses committed by those released from private prisons; Similarity of the two groups on how long it took for the first recidivism event to occur.

Vigilante, K. C., Flynn, M. M., Affleck, P. C., Stunkle, J. C.,

Merriman, N. A., Flanigan, T. P., Mitty, J. A., & Rich, J. D. (1999). Reduction in recidivism of incarcerated women through primary care, peer counseling, and discharge planning. Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine, 8(3), 409-415. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=5626914&db=aph Note: This article presents information on the Women's HIV/Prison Prevention Program (WHPPP) of the Rhode Island state prison, designed to reduce reincarceration and HIV infection. Creation of the WHPPP in 1992; Major outcome objectives of the program; Demographics, risk behavior and risk perception in the WHPPP.

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
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• Fill in search words: recidivism

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

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United States	Recommended Reading(s)

Recommended US Hiller, M. L., Knight, K. & Simpson, D. D. (1999). Prison-

based substance abuse treatment, residential aftercare and recidivism. Addiction, 94(6), 833-312. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=1982482&db=aph Presents a study that examined the impact of residential aftercare on recidivism following prison-based treatment for drug-involved offenders. Methodology; Data on rearrest survival rates using product-limit cumulative percentages over time; Summary of proportional hazards regression model predicting rearrest

US Spohn, C., & Holleran, D. (2002). The effect of imprisonment

on recidivism rates of felony offenders: A focus on drug offenders. Criminology, 40(2), 329-359. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6951638&db=aph "The purpose of this study is to evaluate the deterrent effect of imprisonment. Using data on offenders convicted of felonies in 1993 in Jackson County (Kansas City), Missouri, we compare recidivism rates for offenders sentenced to prison with those for offenders placed on probation. We find no evidence that imprisonment reduces the likelihood of recidivism. Instead, we find compelling evidence that offenders who are sentenced to prison have higher rates of recidivism and recidivate more quickly than do offenders placed on probation. We also find persuasive evidence that imprisonment has a more pronounced criminogenic effect on drug offenders than on other types of offenders" (Spohn, & Holleran, 2002, p. 329).

Netherlands Timmerman, I. G. H., Vastenburg, N.C., & Emmelkamp, P. M.

G. (2001). The Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS): Development, reliability and validity. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 11(3), 144-162. Retrieved December 19, 2002, from Academic Search Premier: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6561048&db=aph Note: Re-offending, as a measure of success in forensic psychiatry, gives no information about other behaviours that may have changed. The development of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS), an observation instrument to assess the non-offending functioning of forensic patients, is described.

 

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:
  • recidivism

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/references

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

Andrews, D. A. (1996). Criminal recidivism is

predictable and can be influenced: An update. FORUM on corrections research (CSC), 8(3), 42-44. http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/e083/e083m.shtml Note this is a follow-up study to a research published in a 1989 issue of Forum on Corrections research on criminal recidivism (Andrews, 1989; cited in Andrews, 1996, p. 42).

Blanchette, L. (1997). Sex offender assessment,

treatment, and recidivism: A literature review. (R-48, 1996) Forum on Corrections Research, 9(3), 39. http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/e093/e093vv.shtml Note this report provides a literature review of contemporary assessment and treatment paradigms for sexual offenders.

 

International	Resources (Web)

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United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

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United States	Resources (Web)

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• recidivism

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/websites

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