The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk
The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk
The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk
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<strong>on</strong> low-intensity supervisi<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are many other factors that could be more relevant to<br />
this associati<strong>on</strong>, especially given the possible theoretical foundati<strong>on</strong>s for low-intensity<br />
probati<strong>on</strong> set out above.<br />
Do low-risk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders perform better under a lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
supervisi<strong>on</strong> if they have the support <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a spouse, or the structure <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> employment? How<br />
do drug, alcohol, or mental health issues interact with reduced supervisi<strong>on</strong> and more<br />
limited opportunities for interventi<strong>on</strong>? We can hypothesize that the lives <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> low-risk<br />
probati<strong>on</strong>ers may be less chaotic than those <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> more hardened <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders, such that factors<br />
related to stability like marriage and employment could have a more pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ound impact <strong>on</strong><br />
their success or failure. On the other hand, we would expect to see differences by gender<br />
and past behavior in almost any sample subject to any interventi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
We also examined whether our results held for more specific <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense types.<br />
Although the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenders in this sample were predicted to be low risk and re<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fended at a<br />
very low rate, the range <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenses they committed ranged from bad checks to homicide.<br />
We selected two fairly comm<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense types that may be <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest to policymakers,<br />
especially in the c<strong>on</strong>text <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a supposedly low-risk caseload: violence and drugs. Largely,<br />
our results did not diverge from those found for all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenses (although these <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fenses are<br />
a subset <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the latter outcome measure, so this is to be expected to some extent). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re<br />
were no differences between groups based <strong>on</strong> time to failure or treatment delivered for<br />
either <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fense type, and the same subgroup differences were observed, although there was<br />
slightly more homogeneity in recidivism propensity across drug <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fender subgroups.<br />
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