{"title":"Imprisoned Men: Masculinity Variability and Implications for Correctional Programming","authors":"Stephanie J. Morse, Kevin A. Wright","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1694854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1694854","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prison is a place with an accumulation of men who espouse toughness and aggression, where those who deviate are punished and forced to renegotiate their thoughts on what it means to be a man. Behaviors not considered overtly masculine, such as receiving support in the form of correctional programming, may be off limits to men serving time. Guided by the larger masculinities and crime framework, we examine the perceptions of masculinity and its consequences through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with five incarcerated men in the state of Arizona. We focus on three questions: what does it mean to be a man? Does the prison experience alter this conceptualization? Does this conceptualization affect participation in correctional programming? Our results reveal that there is variation in how incarcerated men define what it means to be man, the incarceration experience matters for how incarcerated men define and express their masculinity, and what it means to be a man in prison indirectly impacts engagement in correctional programs.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1694854","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45621681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael F. Campagna, Ming-Li Hsieh, C. M. Campbell
{"title":"The Contours of Assessment: Considering Aspects that Influence Prediction Performance","authors":"Michael F. Campagna, Ming-Li Hsieh, C. M. Campbell","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1690401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1690401","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Actuarial assessments provide standardized scores for use in assigning client risk levels and identifying needs that can be matched with intervention. Drawing from an established theory and findings from tangential justice studies, the current study argues that using standardized instruments to predict recidivism everywhere is potentially problematic because the determination of conviction/incarceration has been shown to vary by jurisdiction and culture. Our exploratory analysis of a standardized assessment finds that when controlling for nation, age, and gender, heterogeneity in effect sizes is significantly reduced. Implications for the field of justice assessment are discussed.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1690401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49065342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Predictive Performance of Risk Assessment in Real Life: An External Validation of the MnSTARR","authors":"G. Duwe, M. Rocque","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1682952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1682952","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using multiple performance metrics, this study externally validates the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR) among a sample of 3,985 inmates released from Minnesota prisons in 2014. While the Minnesota Department of Corrections implemented a fully-automated risk assessment (MnSTARR 2.0) in 2016, the original MnSTARR was a manually-scored, gender-specific recidivism risk assessment that predicted multiple types of recidivism – felony, nonviolent, violent, and both first-time and repeat sexual offending (only for males). The results show the MnSTARR achieved adequate predictive performance. The average area under the curve (AUC) was 0.73 for males and 0.77 for females. Nonetheless, the MnSTARR would have achieved better predictive performance had it used an automated scoring process. Further, the findings showed the MnSTARR performed better for Whites than Nonwhites, and the magnitude of this difference would have been minimized using automated scoring. In sum, while the MnSTARR had adequate validity, performance is likely to be improved with automated systems.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1682952","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42976342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I Know It’s Not Saving a Life, but I Know I’m Doing Good…”: The Peer Offender Prevention Service (POPS) at Stony Mountain Institution, Canada","authors":"Kevin Walby, Dwayne Cole","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1678441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1678441","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is a growing literature on prisoner peer support and mentoring to which this work contributes. This paper examines a form of prisoner peer mentoring at Stony Mountain Institution in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The Peer Offender Prevention Service (POPS) employs prisoners to provide support and mentorship for other prisoners throughout the prison. Based on interviews with POPS members and the POPS coordinator, this paper examines how the POPS initiative works and how POPS members feel about their experiences. We show that the work of POPS members is based on relationships, emotions, listening, compassion, and mutual aid among prisoners, all of which tends to be inhibited by the prison. This paper also analyzes the barriers that POPS members encounter and the challenges that the POPS initiative faces in the prison. In our discussion, we invoke the idea of fast policy to caution against the implementation of such programs in situations where sufficient resources, continuity, mentorship, and commitment are not established.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1678441","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49471425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Solitary to the Streets: The Effect of Restrictive Housing on Recidivism","authors":"Valerie A. Clark, G. Duwe","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2017.1416318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1416318","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Restrictive housing is sometimes required for the sake of safety and institutional order. However, many observers have argued that this practice is inhumane and leaves inmates at a greater risk of recidivism. This study empirically examined the effect of restrictive housing on recidivism using a cohort of released state prisoners. The results revealed that time spent in restrictive housing increased the risk of supervision revocations up to two years after release, but did not significantly increase the likelihood of rearrest or re-conviction. Thus, rule-breaking behaviors appear to continue into the community, but not necessarily continued criminal offending.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2017.1416318","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46995486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Prison Programming on Recidivism","authors":"Logan M. Lee","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2017.1399095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1399095","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prison programming is expensive. From 2009-2011, Iowa spent more than $24 million on prison programming with many of those programs directly designed to reduce recidivism. Unfortunately, understanding whether these programs actually reduce recidivism is complicated by prisoners’ ability to select into program participation and completion. This paper uses an innovative method to estimate program impacts. Specifically, the sample is limited to prisoners that either participated in a given program or were eligible but did not participate due to factors beyond their control. Among this sample, nearest neighbor matching is used to evaluate the impact of 16 prison program categories on recidivism. No prison program consistently improved recidivism outcomes in Iowa during the period of analysis.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2017.1399095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45288162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blessings and Curses: The Impact of the North Dakota Oil Boom on Offender Reentry and Reintegration into the Community","authors":"Maria M. Buchholz-Kerzmann","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2017.1394172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1394172","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The current study utilized a natural experiment, an oil boom in North Dakota, to examine changes in offender reentry and recidivism outcomes. The quantitative study compared a sample of male offenders released from prisons within one state prior to the oil boom to a sample of male offenders released during the highest peak of the boom. Comparisons were made on variables known in the literature to be predictive of recidivism during the reentry process; these include risk, education, employment, housing, substance abuse, and treatment. Findings show the oil boom had a negative impact on offender reentry. Offenders released from prison during the height of the oil boom were more likely to recidivate than offenders released prior to the oil boom.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2017.1394172","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45810517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“All They Do Is See the Charge”: Reentry Barriers and Correctional Programming Needs of Women Returning to Society after Incarceration","authors":"Lisa M. Carter","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2017.1399096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1399096","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study utilized a qualitative approach to examine formerly incarcerated women’s perceptions of their reentry process and to understand the role correctional programming may have to alleviate the difficulties for this population when transitioning back into society. In-depth interviews were conducted with halfway house residents (N = 26). It is necessary for correctional personnel and policy makers to understand the needs of these women so that gender-responsive programming may be implemented in prisons to better prepare women to deal with the challenges of reentry.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2017.1399096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43973018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Individual and Organizational Factors on Correctional Officers’ Job Satisfaction","authors":"F. P. Abderhalden, Thomas Baker, Jill A. Gordon","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1668313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1668313","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using a sample of 602 correctional officers from facilities of varying security levels, this study explores the association of individual and organizational perceptions of officer job satisfaction. Findings suggest that transformational leadership and work-on-home difficulty are the strongest predictors of job satisfaction, with several prior identified individual and organizational factors also being significant in correctional officers’ job satisfaction. A discussion and future directions are included to contextualize and frame the policy implications of the findings.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1668313","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45225847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Reentry Court Completion Affect Recidivism Three Years after Exit? Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study","authors":"S. Lawson, Eric Grommon, B. Ray","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1663562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1663562","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Reentry courts are a strategy to assist individuals subjected to post-release supervision in the reintegration process, but there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of these practices. The current study presents the results of a retrospective cohort study for a sample of 340 participants who exited a reentry court. Specifically, survival analyses were employed to evaluate whether participants’ reentry court completion status affects their likelihood of and timing to recidivism events three years after exiting the program. The results revealed that successful program completion continues to shape recidivism outcomes up to three years after reentry court exit.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1663562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43858354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}