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The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk

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24.1%; p ≤ .001). Offenders in the lowest SES category were most likely to re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fend,<br />

and those in the highest category least likely; there was little difference between the<br />

central groups (probability range: 10.8% - 25.1%; overall p < .001). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender’s rate<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending in the year before random assignment also predicts treatment failure.<br />

Interestingly, those who had not <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fended in the preceding year were more likely to fail<br />

than those with up to or more than <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense per m<strong>on</strong>th at risk (20.9% vs. 16.8% and<br />

17.3% respectively; p ≤ .026). We explore this finding in the discussi<strong>on</strong> secti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

We now examine the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense-specific models for violent and drug recidivism.<br />

Table 2.7 shows the logistic regressi<strong>on</strong> model for the prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> new charged violent<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenses in the two-year follow-up period. Assignment to the treatment group was<br />

associated with a n<strong>on</strong>-significant reducti<strong>on</strong> in the odds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> violent re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending compared<br />

with the treatment group (OR = .89, p ≤ .644). As was the case in the full re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending<br />

model, West probati<strong>on</strong> regi<strong>on</strong>, increased age, and increased SES were associated with<br />

significant reducti<strong>on</strong>s in the odds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> recidivism, while post-RA jail time was associated<br />

with increased re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending. 21<br />

In additi<strong>on</strong>, we see substantial effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> gender and prior<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending history <strong>on</strong> the prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> violent recidivism, which was not apparent in the<br />

full <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending model. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a new violent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense were 3.5 times higher for males<br />

than females (OR = 3.53, p < .001), and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders who had committed at least <strong>on</strong>e violent<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense during the m<strong>on</strong>ths they were at risk <strong>on</strong>e year pre-RA had 2.5 times the odds <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

violent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense as those who had not. Recall that the sample probability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> committing a<br />

violent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense was very small (less than 5%; N = 77), which may affect the size <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

test statistics for these estimates.<br />

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