The Risk Principle in Action: What Have We Learned From 13,676 Offenders and 97 Correctional Programs?

By Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Edward J. Latessa, Alexander M. Holsinger. 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Risk Assessment in Criminal Sentencing. (2016, background): “Programs that match the intensity of correctional services to offenders' risk level have been shown to reduce recidivism (Lowenkamp et al. 2006).”
Looking Inside the Black Box of Drug Courts: A Meta‐Analytic Review (2011, background): “…modest in this study, there is ample research documenting the relationship between adhering to these principles and improved outcomes (e.g., Andrews & Dowden, 2006; Bourgon & Armstrong, 2005; Dowden & Andrews, 1999, 2000; French & Gendreau, 2006; Lowenkamp et al., 2006; Pearson et al., 2002).”
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of young offender treatment programs in Europe (2013, background): “The moderate number of studies also precluded estimating the relative importance of one or the other principle (e.g., Andrews and Bonta 2010; Lowenkamp et al. 2006).”
A random study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): using core correctional practices in probation interactions (2012, background): “…no appreciable effect on recidivism’ (1974, p. 25), Bonta et al. (2008) have found that more recent research yields no better results: the impact of community supervision is at best limited and at worst leaves clients more likely to recidivate (Lowenkamp and Latessa 2005, Lowenkamp et al. 2006a).”
Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review (2014, background): “In general, the literature on evidence-based crime prevention, whether in the context of policing high-crime places, or individual offender treatment, suggests that highly focused interventions targeted at specific populations and risk factors produce the most consistent reductions in crime (e.g., A”
The Role of Offender Risk Assessment: A Policy Maker Guide (2010, background): “Lowenkamp, Latessa, and Holsinger (2006) suggest that until a risk assessment translates academic-based endeavors into practical measures of risk, the system will not fully adopt risk/need assessments.”