Probationers
Research on Offender Decision-Making and Desistance From Crime: A Multi-Theory Assessment of Offender Cognition Change
Comparison of Female and Male Probationers: Characteristics and Case Outcomes
Hair Analysis for the Detection of Drug Use in Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Populations
IMPACT OF SHOCK INCARCERATION ON TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS AND NEW CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
Gendered Effects of Adult Social Bonds on the Criminal Activities of Probationers
Polygraph Plays a Key Role as a Containment Tool for Convicted Sex Offenders in the Community
Cost Effectiveness Analysis of In-Prison Therapeutic Community Treatment and Risk Classification
NYC Probation on Track
Sad Tales - The Accounts of White-Collar Defendants and the Decision To Sanction
Risk Factors That Predict Dropout From Corrections-Based Treatment for Drug Abuse
Drug Involvement, Lifestyles, and Criminal Activities Among Probationers
Predictors and Outcomes of Victim Restitution Orders
Inside Supervision - A Thematic Analysis of Interviews With Probationers
Motivation as a Predictor of Therapeutic Engagement in Mandated Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
Confronting Relapse and Recidivism: Case Management and Aftercare Services in the OPTS Programs
Decide Your Time: Testing Deterrence Theory's Certainty and Celerity Effects on Substance-Using Probationers
Impact of Probation on the Criminal Activities of Offenders
Estimates of Drug Use in Intensive Supervision Probationers: Results From a Pilot Study
State Responses to Mass Incarceration
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.
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Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.
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What Works in Offender Supervision
This NIJ Conference Panel highlights findings from NIJ projects that evaluated strategies to enhance the supervision of offenders in the community. Researchers discuss the effectiveness of fair, swift and certain sanctions for high-risk probationers in the Hawaii HOPE program. Panelists also provide empirical evidence on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring — including the use of GPS tracking — for medium- and high-risk offenders on supervision and upon completion of their supervision sentence.