Secondary Education lowering Recidivsm

introduction Statemnt of the problem- indicats the variables examined in the study

review of literarture

Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior , or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior The term is most frequently used in conjunction with substance abuse and criminal behavior (Wikipedia , 2007

Two studies come closest to providing "national " recidivism rates for the United States . One tracked 108 ,580 State prisoners released from prison in 11 States in 1983 . The other

tracked 272 ,111 prisoners released from prison in 15 States in 1994 . The prisoners tracked in these studies represent two-thirds of all the prisoners released in the United States for that year

Rearrest within 3 years

67 .5 of prisoners released in 1994 were rearrested within 3 years , an increase over the 62 .5 found for those released in 1983

The rearrest rate for property offenders , drug offenders , and public- offenders increased significantly from 1983 to 1994 . During that time , the rearrest rate increased

- from 68 .1 to 73 .8 for property offenders

- from 50 .4 to 66 .7 for drug offenders

- from 54 .6 to 62 .2 for public- offenders

The rearrest rate for violent offenders remained relatively stable (59 .6 in 1983 compared to 61 .7 in 1994

Reentry Trends in the U .S

Recidivism , U .S . Department of Justice ? Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Statistics , In a 15 State study , over two-thirds of released prisoners were rearrested within three years

http /www .ojp .usdoj .gov /bjs /reentry /recidivism .htm

displays the reoffense and reimprisonment rates for state prison inmates released from July 1995 through June 2001 (release cohort . The lower axis indicates the number of months (up to 60 ) since release from prison (follow-up period . The side axis shows the percentage of inmates who recidivated . The graphed curves mark the percentage of released who reoffended and who returned to prison for a new crime over the available follow-up period

The recidivism rates are the values on the graphs . To illustrate recidivism rates at selected follow-up periods are noted on the chart 6 , 12 , 18 , 24 , 36 , 48 , and 60 months after release . For example , at three years (36 months ) after release the reoffense rate is 39 .9 and the reimprisonment rate is 25 .7 . In other words , roughly 40 of 100 inmates released from prison were convicted of a new crime within three years and roughly 26 of 100 were reimprisoned within 3 years . Rates in this report can be interpreted as probabilities of recidivating : there is a 39 .9 probability that a released inmate will commit a new offense within three years and a 25 .7 probability that a released inmate will be reimprisoned within three years for a new offense

Data and Methods : Recidivism Rate Curves

Recidivism Report

July 2003 , http /www .dc .state .fl .us /pub /recidivism /2003 /curves .html Statement of the hypothess (Quantitative Significance of the...