The Effect of Community Courts on Recidivism: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
The study examines the effectiveness of community courts in reducing recidivism, aiming to address methodological limitations of previous research. Using a quasi-experimental design with propensity score matching, the research compared 686 program participants (393 completers and 293 noncompleters)...
| Publicado en: | Criminal Justice & Behavior Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 198 - 215 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Feb2026
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