Journal article
When Frontloading Backfires: Exploring the Impact of Outsourcing Correctional Interventions on Mechanisms of Social Control
Law & social inquiry, v 43(4), pp 1308-1339
01 Sep 2018
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Abstract
This study demonstrates the effects of frontloading rehabilitative services to parolees through third-party residential and community-based programs. Although outsourcing treatment responsibilities to contracted reentry facilities is an increasingly common feature of postrelease supervision, the role these facilities play in reentry management and recidivism outcomes remains largely unexplored. Here, several common recidivism outcomes for parolees who attended private treatment facilities upon release are compared to those of parolees who did not. We conducted Correctional Programs Checklist assessments on each treatment site to investigate whether recidivism outcomes vary by level of programmatic quality. Our findings indicate that parolees who receive frontloaded services are significantly less likely to be rearrested or reconvicted for new crimes within eighteen months of release. These findings held across levels of programmatic quality, with larger reductions observed for programs of higher quality, and align with broader emphases in community corrections on risk assessment and organizational demands for efficiency.
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- Title
- When Frontloading Backfires: Exploring the Impact of Outsourcing Correctional Interventions on Mechanisms of Social Control
- Creators
- Michael Ostermann - School of Criminal JusticeJordan M. Hyatt - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Law & social inquiry, v 43(4), pp 1308-1339
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 32
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Criminology and Justice Studies; Center for Public Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000452022500008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85018358075
- Other Identifier
- 991019168698404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Law