Journal article
The effects of low-intensity supervision for lower-risk probationers: updated results from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of crime & justice, v 35(2)
01 Jul 2012
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Abstract
This paper explores the effects of reduced supervision intensity for probationers who were identified, using a random forest forecasting model, as presenting a low risk of committing new serious offenses. It expands on previously reported results of the Philadelphia Low Intensity Community Supervision Experiment, a randomized controlled trial performed from 2007 through 2008. We update our previous one-year recidivism results to include 18 months of follow-up data, and assess additional measures that were not available in earlier analyses, including drug-testing results, officer contact compliance, probation violations, and absconding from supervision. The updated analysis affirms previous findings, showing that reduced supervision intensity does not increase the prevalence or frequency of new offending by low-risk probationers, and does not appear to result in any additional threats to public safety. We conclude that low-intensity supervision, when used in concert with valid and reliable risk forecasting, offers community supervision agencies a powerful tool for managing large offender populations, allowing the agencies to focus scarce resources on higher-risk offenders and perhaps reduce administrative costs. Further research is needed to quantify the exact cost reductions, and to determine the best means of supervising offenders whose risk level makes them ineligible for low-intensity supervision.
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- Title
- The effects of low-intensity supervision for lower-risk probationers: updated results from a randomized controlled trial
- Creators
- Geoffrey C. Barnes - University of PennsylvaniaJordan M. Hyatt - University of PennsylvaniaLindsay C. Ahlman - University of Maryland, College ParkDaniel T.L. Kent - Net Literacy
- Publication Details
- Journal of crime & justice, v 35(2)
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Criminology and Justice Studies
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000210801900006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85006023542
- Other Identifier
- 991020836506404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Criminology & Penology
- Law