A critical look at research on alternatives to custody.
The writers examine and list some published studies of alternatives to custody in a systematic way in an attempt to search for some consensus. They maintain that traditional narrative reviews of the literature have not managed to provide explicit answers to questions concerning the effectiveness of...
| Publicado en: | Federal Probation Vol. 59; pp. 43 - 52 |
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September 1995
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| Sumario: | The writers examine and list some published studies of alternatives to custody in a systematic way in an attempt to search for some consensus. They maintain that traditional narrative reviews of the literature have not managed to provide explicit answers to questions concerning the effectiveness of noncustodial sanctions. They contend that one viable statement can be made from the latest reviews: Rehabilitation attempts are effective given specific treatments in specific settings with particular criminals. They discuss an attempt to conduct a meta-analysis of studies contrasting community service to prison in terms of recidivism rates in order to examine the effectiveness of alternative sanctions, and they describe the difficulties that they encountered. |
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