{"title":"Evaluating Bias, Shrinkage and the Home-Field Advantage: Results from a Revalidation of the MnSTARR 2.0","authors":"G. Duwe","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.2011802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.2011802","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41323722","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":"Needing More Guidance: Adherence to Offender Needs in Case Plan Objectives","authors":"Jenna L. Borseth","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.2011804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.2011804","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47758576","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}
Kevin P. Martyn, Stephanie A. Andel, M. R. N. Stockman, Eric Grommon
{"title":"Decarceration from Local County Jails during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Closer Look","authors":"Kevin P. Martyn, Stephanie A. Andel, M. R. N. Stockman, Eric Grommon","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1978905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1978905","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic initially compelled population reductions at local county jails. This study uses daily population counts at 970 jail facilities in 43 different U.S. states to; assess changes in jail population levels during 2020; relate those changes to the demographic, economic, and political characteristics of the counties where they took place; and examine the relationships between jail population levels and COVID-19 cases and deaths. Jail population data was gathered by the Jail Data Initiative at New York University and linked to other publicly accessible data collections. Through descriptive analyses and latent growth curve modeling, our findings indicate that while jail population levels generally fell in the early stages of the pandemic, they remained higher in areas with larger proportions of minoritized populations, and returned more rapidly to pre-pandemic levels in areas with larger proportions of Black and Republican-leaning residents. Larger pre-pandemic jail population rates were associated with elevated COVID-19 case and death rates during 2020, and changes in local jail population rates predicted case and death rates over a following three-month period. Specifically, each percentage increase in jail populations was associated with between 80.4 and 101.9 additional cases and 1.2 to 1.4 additional deaths per 10 K county residents.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43684103","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}
Matthew S. Johnston, R. Ricciardelli, Laura McKendy
{"title":"Suffering in Silence: Work and Mental Health Experiences among Provincial Correctional Workers in Canada","authors":"Matthew S. Johnston, R. Ricciardelli, Laura McKendy","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1978906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1978906","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49190369","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":"Jail Reentry and Gaps in Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Rural Communities","authors":"Alexa J. Singer, Albert M. Kopak","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1967816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1967816","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There are many barriers to jail reentry, particularly for those suffering from substance use disorder who live in isolated rural communities. This study draws on qualitative interviews conducted with 17 individuals involved in the criminal justice system, either through their own incarceration or probation sentence or as correctional or probation staff, to identify unmet reentry-related needs for individuals with substance use disorder in a rural community. Participants describe fear of continued drug use and a lack of a safe place to stay as the most pressing post-release concerns. The lack of readily accessible local behavioral health services was also consistently recognized as a significant gap by staff and criminal justice involved individuals alike. There was an emphasis on the importance of limiting the time between release and engagement with community-based treatment for ensuring initiation of long-term recovery and successful reentry. Based on these findings, recommendations for closing these gaps include increasing available housing for substance using populations (i.e., inpatient treatment facilities), expanding the quantity and quality of behavioral healthcare services in the community, improving communication between criminal justice agents and treatment providers, expanding jail-based medication assisted therapy (MAT) programs, and reducing the stigma associated with substance use in rural communities.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47124793","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":"Assessing Sentencing Disparities among American Indians within the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Federal Circuit Courts","authors":"M. Aaby, R. Labrecque","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1670120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1670120","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In a fair and equitable criminal justice system, one’s race should not influence their sentencing outcomes. Research studies conducted in the United States often report evidence that ethnic minorities are at an increased risk for receiving more punitive punishments at the time of their sentencing. The existing scholarship, however, has largely focused on assessing differences between Black and Hispanic defendants in relation to White defendants. There has been far less academic exploration of potential sentencing disparities among other less populated ethnic groups, including American Indians. To address this gap in knowledge, we use data collected from the United States Sentencing Commission to test whether American Indians receive different sentencing outcomes when compared to other racial groups. Our study findings indicate that American Indian defendants are more likely to be sentenced to prison than White, Black, and Hispanic defendants, but among those incarcerated, American Indians received similar sentence lengths to Whites.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1670120","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49211770","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":"Uniformity and Discretion: Lessons on Reform from a Failed Sentencing Guidelines Effort","authors":"Rhys Hester","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1938296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1938296","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study employed qualitative interviews with judges from a failed sentencing guidelines state to investigate the dynamics of the structured sentencing effort and leading causes of its failure. The findings point to concerns over losing judicial discretion and skepticism over efforts to replace a system of substantive justice with one of formal rationality. In addition, the lack of success of the federal guidelines cast a shadow over the state efforts. The results also suggest that stakeholders may not have appreciated key features of sentencing guidelines, including the binding degree of guidelines along the advisory-presumptive continuum, and the key mechanism of departures. Drawing on the study’s findings and the recent work of the American Law Institute’s Model Penal Code: Sentencing, the paper proposes that renewed guideline efforts should make the retention of departure discretion a central narrative of the reform discussion. New efforts could allay some of the historical concerns over guidelines by carefully contrasting the federal experience from successful state systems, and by stressing the balance between imparting uniformity and retaining judicial discretion.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2021.1938296","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45298456","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}
Susan Dewey, R. Barry, Jennifer Hankel, Theresa Anasti, Susan Lockwood-Roberts, Brittany Gilmer, Matthew J. Dolliver
{"title":"“The Problem’s Too Big for Us”: The Promises and Perils of Community-Corrections Partnerships","authors":"Susan Dewey, R. Barry, Jennifer Hankel, Theresa Anasti, Susan Lockwood-Roberts, Brittany Gilmer, Matthew J. Dolliver","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1936293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1936293","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study uses the results of semi-structured interviews and participant observation with non-uniformed correctional staff and administrators in eight U.S. state prison systems to examine community-corrections partnerships in the areas of education, vocational training, reentry preparation, and psychosocial wellbeing. Through analysis derived from literature on the “what works” movement in corrections, volunteerism in prison, and correctional outsourcing, our findings suggest that community-corrections partnerships can provide a sense of purpose and hope for incarcerated individuals, support reentry preparedness, and reestablish community connections. However, such partnerships also generate challenges related to institutional capacity, security, and conflicting interests. Our findings suggest that correctional staff and administrators should incorporate qualitative impact evaluation methods describing how and why programs work, adopt LEAN methods of volunteer management, and support a human services lens regarding staff roles.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2021.1936293","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47727082","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":"Individual Factors Associated with Women’s Use of Mental Health Services during Incarceration: Targeting Programmatic Resources","authors":"Rachel C. Casey, K. Bentley","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2019.1623134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2019.1623134","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study analyzed data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities to identify factors associated with the use of mental health services among incarcerated women (N = 2571). One quarter of the sample (25.3%) reported accessing mental health counseling during their incarceration, while 30.8% reported using psychotropic medications. Survivors of childhood sexual victimization were more likely to use psychotropic medication (OR = 1.45, p = .016) compared to women who had not experienced this form of violence. Women convicted of violent offenses were more likely to use both psychotropic medication (OR = 2.13, p < .001) and counseling services (OR = 1.57, p = .002). Correctional practitioners should considertargeting resources to address women’s experiences as both victims and perpetrators of violence.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2019.1623134","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42270719","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":"Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Factors: An Exploration of Canadian Federal Correctional Officer Recruits Motivations toward a Correctional Career","authors":"R. Ricciardelli, Z. Matthews, Krystle Martin","doi":"10.1080/23774657.2021.1909445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2021.1909445","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Correctional services are plagued by poor staff retention, shortages, and high rates of turnover, which represent costly challenges for recruitment, training, and administration. Central to addressing challenges of correctional officer retention and staffing shortages is insight into what motivates individuals to pursue a career in correctional services. Although researchers have looked at the motivations of correctional officers entering the Canadian provincial system, researchers have yet to study the motivations of individuals’ entering the field of correctional services in the Canadian federal correctional system. In the current exploratory study, we apply Herzberg’s theory to investigate federal correctional officer recruits’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivations toward becoming correctional officers with the Correctional Service of Canada. By drawing on the voices of recruits (N = 70) interviewed prior to the start of their employment, we thematically examined their rationales for seeking employment as federal correctional officers, their career aspirations, and their expectations about the correctional officer job. Our examination identified three overarching themes: the first tied more purely to extrinsic motivations, the second purely intrinsic, and the third more closely resembled a “drifting” phenomenon. We discuss the results in the context of officer recruitment and retention.","PeriodicalId":91861,"journal":{"name":"Corrections : policy, practice and research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/23774657.2021.1909445","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43150629","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}