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The Limits of Recidivism - Measuring Success After Prison (Paperback)
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The Limits of Recidivism - Measuring Success After Prison (Paperback)
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Nearly 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons
annually. Whether these individuals will successfully reintegrate
into their communities has been identified as a critical measure of
the effectiveness of the criminal legal system. However, evaluating
the successful reentry of individuals released from prison is a
challenging process, particularly given limitations of currently
available data and the complex set of factors that shape reentry
experiences. The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After
Prison finds that the current measures of success for individuals
released from prison are inadequate. The use of recidivism rates to
evaluate post-release success ignores significant research on how
and why individuals cease to commit crimes, as well as the
important role of structural factors in shaping post-release
outcomes. The emphasis on recidivism as the primary metric to
evaluate post-release success also ignores progress in other
domains essential to the success of individuals returning to
communities, including education, health, family, and employment.
In addition, the report highlights the unique and essential
insights held by those who have experienced incarceration and
proposes that the development and implementation of new measures of
post-release success would significantly benefit from active
engagement with individuals with this lived experience. Despite
significant challenges, the report outlines numerous opportunities
to improve the measurement of success among individuals released
from prison and the report?s recommendations, if implemented, will
contribute to policies that increase the health, safety, and
security of formerly incarcerated persons and the communities to
which they return. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1
Introduction 2 Measuring Recidivism 3 Beyond Recidivism: Toward a
More Comprehensive Understanding of Reentry Challenges and
Successes 4 Measuring Success Beyond Recidivism 5 The Path Forward
Appendix: Committee Member Biographies
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