Community-based Residential Programs (Ohio)
Problems addressed
Recidivism
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Teenagers (14 to 17 years)
Adults (18 to 59 years)
Where the program was applied
Residential - Mental health or therapeutic community services
Country of application
United States
Description

This is a residential program following the transition house or community prison facility model for the care of people leaving the prison system.
The aim is to reduce criminal recidivism through drug addiction treatment, access to education, employment, participation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions, anger management, daily life activities, health and well-being, socialization programs, and positive family relationships.
The follow-up takes place over six months.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that program participants were less likely to recidivate into any offense, a new offense, or a technical violation of probation, as well as to be arrested, when compared to the control group, which did not receive the intervention [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Lowenkamp, C. T. & Latessa, E. J. (2005). Increasing the Effectiveness of Correctional Programming Through the Risk Principle: Identifying Offenders for Residential Placement. Criminology & Public Policy, 4(2), 263–290. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9133.2005.00021.x

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