Commentaries 
Multinational Drug Court Report Shows Cuts in Recidivism(0)
A recently released report prepared by American University, in conjunction with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission (CICAD), for the OAS’s April 21-23, 2010 Drug Summit in Lugo, Spain provides proof positive that activities by “drug courts” (DTC’s) in multiple countries effectively and dramatically appear to be reducing offender recidivism rates, while providing significant financial incentives [...]
Teamwork Needed to Keep Ex-Prisoners Out for Life
By Mark Earley
President and CEO of Prison Fellowship,
and former Attorney General of Virginia
The vast majority of inmates, prison cells are not their permanent address. Most prisoners will serve their sentences and then return back into our communities. What kind of neighbors will they be?
If current trends continue, over half of them will be [...]
Cutting Recidivism: What Works, What Doesn’t
By
Edward J. Latessa, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
School of Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
There’s a right way and many wrong ways to solve most problems, including the problem of how to reduce high offender recidivism rates. Scholarly researchers have identified the approaches that do work, and revealed those that don’t.-ED
“What works” is not a program or [...]
Recidivism Cure: Change Inmates’ Hearts, Inside Out
by Bill Glass
Founder, Champions for Life
Best known in the sports world as a former four-time All-Pro football player with the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, Bill Glass has continued to gain worldwide recognition over the decades as Founder and leader of the Champions for Life prison ministry. He is author of 11 books, including “Crime: Our [...]
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- Addressing Drug Addiction among Offenders
- Wrongful Executions: “Fail-Safe” Judicial Systems Do Fail
- Congress Set to Dump “Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act”
- Chopping Recidivism: Get Out and Stay Out - Part 2
- Chopping Recidivism: Get Out and Stay Out - Part 1
- How to Keep Your Kids Out of Prison
- Hearing: National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009
- Why Tolerate Prisons That Produce 70% Recidivism?
- “Doing Time” by Jack (Murf the Surf) Murphy
