The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk
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Our final analysis, which examined subgroup effects for those actually receiving<br />
the treatment, did show some substantial differences between LIS and SAU.<br />
Age,<br />
gender, SES, and to a lesser extent prior <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending history were significantly associated<br />
with outcomes for general and specific crime types. Overall, it appeared that low-risk<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders, despite c<strong>on</strong>siderable heterogeneity in characteristics compared to the<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong>al image <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the young, male <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender that appears in the criminological literature,<br />
were homogeneous in their propensity to re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fend.<br />
However, when we predicted<br />
outcomes according to <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender characteristics, we saw that the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders with the<br />
highest probability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> recidivism were those who look more similar to that ‘traditi<strong>on</strong>al’<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender. Young males from low-income neighborhoods were close to or above the<br />
sample average in their likelihood <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending, while the less traditi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders<br />
were generally well below it. Our sample, <strong>on</strong> average, was ‘n<strong>on</strong>-traditi<strong>on</strong>al,’ being older<br />
and c<strong>on</strong>taining a broad mix <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> gender, SES and other characteristics. Thus, we may<br />
c<strong>on</strong>clude that there is such a thing as a typical low-risk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender, who looks different<br />
from the norm.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> propensity to re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fend is homogeneous within this <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender<br />
subpopulati<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> low-risk predicti<strong>on</strong> model may also identify <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders who have had<br />
little c<strong>on</strong>tact with the criminal justice system, or younger <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders who have so far <strong>on</strong>ly<br />
engaged in low-level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fending, but exhibit some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the risk factors usually associated<br />
with more extensive criminal careers. Procedures could be built into the low-intensity<br />
supervisi<strong>on</strong> model to subject these <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders to somewhat more m<strong>on</strong>itoring than ‘typical’<br />
low-risk cases (perhaps more frequent check-ins by teleph<strong>on</strong>e than the experimental<br />
protocol requires). Focusing some more attenti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the more traditi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders in<br />
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