What works in corrections : reducing the criminal activities of offenders and delinquents

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Title:

What works in corrections : reducing the criminal activities of offenders and delinquents

Author:

MacKenzie, Doris L.

ISBN:

9780521806459

9780521001205

Personal Author:

MacKenzie, Doris L.

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical Description:

x, 390 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology

Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)

Series Title:

Cambridge studies in criminology

Contents:

Strategies for reducing recidivism -- Evidence-based corrections -- Incapacitation -- Perspectives on rehabilitation -- Academic education and life skills programs -- Vocational education and work programs -- Cognitive behavioral therapy programs -- Sex offender treatment -- Juvenile delinquents -- Domestic violence offenders -- Drug courts : a strategy for managing drug-involved offenders -- Drug treatment programs for offenders -- Correctional boot camps -- Intermediate sanctions : intensive supervision programs and electronic monitoring -- Drawing conclusions.

Abstract:

"In What Works in Corrections, Doris Layton MacKenzie examines the effects of correctional interventions, management policies, and treatment and rehabilitation programs on the recidivism of offenders and delinquents. She reviews different strategies for reducing recidivism and describes how the evidence for effectiveness is assessed. MacKenzie examined thousands of studies to identify those with sufficient scientific rigor to enable her to draw conclusions about the effects of various interventions, policies, and programs on recidivism. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed to further examine these results."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States.

Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Evaluation.

Corrections -- United States.

Recidivism -- United States -- Prevention.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000775.html

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What Works in Corrections, first published in 2006, examines the impact of correctional interventions, management policies, treatment and rehabilitation programs on the recidivism of offenders and delinquents. The book reviews different strategies for reducing recidivism and describes how the evidence for effectiveness is assessed. Thousands of studies were examined in order to identify those of sufficient scientific rigor to enable conclusions to be drawn about the impact of various interventions, policies and programs on recidivism. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed to further examine these results. This book assesses the relative effectiveness of rehabilitation programs (e.g., education, life skills, employment, cognitive behavioral), treatment for different types of offenders (e.g. sex offenders, batterers, juveniles), management and treatment of drug-involved offenders (e.g., drug courts, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug treatment) and punishment, control and surveillance interventions (boot camps, intensive supervision, electronic monitoring). Through her extensive research, MacKenzie illustrates which of these programs are most effective and why.