Criminal justice system involvement is common among persons with serious mental illness
in community treatment settings. Various intervention strategies are used to prevent criminal …

Each year many offenders are released homeless putting them at great risk of being
returned to prison. To reduce the likelihood of recidivism, Washington State implemented the …

What Works (and Doesn't) in Reducing Recidivism offers criminologists and students an
evidence-based discussion of the latest trends in corrections. Experts Latessa, Johnson, and …

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should
we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is the death penalty …

Behavioral health needs in justice‐involved adolescents are an increasing concern, as it
has been estimated that two‐thirds of youths in the juvenile justice system now meet the …

University of Cincinnati et me begin by saying that I do not know much about signaling
theory, as discussed in the lead article by Bushway and Apel (2012, this issue), but I do …

There has been a renewed interest among some prison policy makers to hold inmates more
accountable for their actions. The belief is that inmates require more structure and discipline …

The evidence-based practices literature has defined a core set of practices and treatments
that are effective, at least in empirical studies. Implementing these evidence-based practices …

In the aftermath of Martinson's 1974" nothing works" doctrine, scholars have made a
concerted effort to develop an evidence-based corrections theory and practice to show" what …

Contingency management (CM) is a well-acknowledged behavioral approach for
incentivizing changes in behavior and attitudes. A version of CM was piloted in four federal …